A member of the Harlem Writers Guild and Black Arts Movement,[1] she has written for both adult and child audiences.
Carey married J. Max Bond Jr., a Harvard trained architect[4] who opened an architecture firm in Harlem.
[6] Max Bond became the architect for Kwame Nkrumah and Carey began contributing to Freedomways and African Review alongside Julian Mayfield.
Led by Manning Marable, the delegation participated in a series of conversations about Cuba and its relationship with African Americans.
[1] She is a founding board member of Lee Chamberlin's Playwrights Inn Project alongside Lenny Kravitz.