Carolina Rubio-MacWright was born in Bogota, Colombia, where she lived until age 20, when a need for a safer place to call home was necessary. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida International University with a Bachelor of Fine Art. After graduation, she felt the need to understand the legal system, at which point she moved to Oklahoma City where she received her Juris Doctorate Degree. Her time in Oklahoma's legal world opened her eyes to the realities of the broken American legal system as well as the immigration law system. She has worked with different organizations and law firms in Oklahoma City, Miami and now New York City. She currently lives in Brooklyn focussing on immigrant advocacy and  empowering her immigrant community with artistic workshops mixing art and know your rights information, she is also an immigration consultant and mother of two.