[5] When she was in the 3rd year of Journalism bachelor's from the Complutense University of Madrid, she entered as an intern at Radio Marca and six months later she was hired.

[9] During the 2010 FIFA World Cup it was alleged that Carbonero, reporting during the match between Spain and Switzerland, had distracted Casillas, causing the unexpected Swiss victory.

[10][11] The allegations were made in the English press, originally by Graham Keeley of The Times and later repeated by several other English newspapers, prompting the Madrid-based Spanish newspapers El Mundo,[12] El País[13] and the popular sports daily Marca[14] to all run articles suggesting that the claims were preposterous and untrue.

[16] In July 2010 after the World Cup, it was announced that Carbonero would collaborate during the 2010–11 season with the Italian digital television platform Mediaset Premium, taking charge of information on the La Liga and especially on the career of José Mourinho in Real Madrid.

[23] In February 2021 Carbonero was once again hospitalized for what was speculated to be another cancer related surgery though she refused to confirm media reports about her health.