Carri received her Master of Architecture from Texas Tech University in 1998 with a focus on sustainable design. She became a LEED accredited professional in 2001, a registered architect in Maryland in 2002, Certified Permaculture Designer in 2017 with an Advanced Social Permaculture Certificate in 2020, and earned a certificate in Co-housing Design in 2023. Carri was the consultant on several of the region’s first LEED buildings, the co-facilitator of the Baltimore Living Building Collaborative, co-chair of Baltimore AIA COTE for five years, and architect of the region’s first Net Zero, Foam Free Passive Houses. She is the author of The Radical Rewilding of the Suburban Lawn, self-published in Spring 2023 and creator of A Homeowner’s Field Guide to Radical Regenerative Retrofits, launched Summer of 2023.