An Inland Empire resident for 10 years, Carol Park earned a B.A. in English from the University of California Riverside. Her career as a writer began when she took up a position as a circulations employee at the Press-Enterprise newspaper in Riverside in 1998. After a few months her ambitions to become a reporter were realized and she began working for The Business Press, a sister publication of the Press-Enterprise, as a reporter. Carol wrote about Inland Empire businesses and covered a range of topics. Her stories earned her several Society of Professional Journalists awards including a first place award. She capped off her career at the business news journal as an Associate Online Editor. Since then, Carol has been writing for Builder Architect Magazine Inland Empire/Coachella Valley Edition and runs her own freelance writing business.