[1] She grew up in a small rural village and, though her mother worked in the city, she lived on a farm with her grandparents.
[4][5][6][7][8] In addition to her work as a journalist, Carr served as an unofficial envoy from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Taiwan for many years, before an embassy was formally opened in 2019.
Her first solo collection, Echoes from a Lonely Nightwatch, was published in 1989, followed by Fresh Tracks in an Ancient Land in 1996 and Honey and Lime in 2006.
[5][15] Carr primary writes in English, but her book Honey and Lime also contains a section in Vincentian Creole.
[5][14] In 2014, her poem "Flight of the Firstborn" was chosen by BBC Radio Scotland to represent Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in its "Poetry Postcards" series.