Prior to her first appointment to the SBA, Carranza served as Vice President of Air Operations for United Parcel Service (UPS) at its facility in Louisville, Kentucky.

[5] Previously, Carranza was the President and CEO of the JCR Group, a consulting firm with a focus on business development, profit and loss management, operations, logistics and systems optimization.

[12][13][14][15] Carranza is the founder and president of The JCR Group, a consulting firm serving corporations and NGOs on issues of business development and profit and loss management.

[18] During the 2016 presidential election, Carranza was a member of the Trump campaign's National Hispanic Advisory Council.

[20] On April 28, 2017, she was named by President Trump as his appointee to fill the position of U.S. Treasurer, vacant since the resignation of Rosa Gumataotao Rios in July 2016.

[33] Carranza has been criticized by some in both political parties[34][35] for the rollout of the Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) program.

She also has been involved in the UPS Congressional Contact program, chaired corporate committees responsible for global strategies, and has had experience with public speaking and advisory councils in multiple venues.

She is a member of several honor societies and has active civic participation with women, youth and minority groups # denotes acting administrator