From grade one onwards, he started taking part in competitions singing mainly Elvis Presley, 'NSYNC and B2K songs.

In 2007, Carlito Olivero took part in an MTV reality series titled Making Menudo to earn a spot in the reconfigured famous Latin boy band.

Making Menudo launched as a primetime series on October 25, 2007, but was later pushed to afternoons due to low ratings.

The "new" Menudo band was made up of: The act was signed to a multi-album contract with SonyBMG label Epic Records.

In 2012, Olivero appeared in a main role in We the Party, a film written and directed by Mario Van Peebles.

In 2018, Carlito starred in the YouTube Red scripted drama series, Step Up: High Water.

He played the role of Derek Sandoval in the thriller film Bad Samaritan, directed by Dean Devlin, which premiered on May 4, 2018.