Born in Kuala Lumpur, Carolyn was offered a full graduate assistantship from Miami University, Ohio to pursue a Masters in Piano Performance and successfully graduated in 2011. She also holds the LRSM and FTCL performance diplomas with distinction, as well as a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Newcastle, Australia. In 2015, she became the first Malaysian to be awarded the FRSM in piano performance with a distinction.

Having won awards and prizes locally and internationally, she has performed both as a soloist and a collaborative pianist in music festivals, recitals and competitions in the USA, Austria, Taiwan, Korea, Macau, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.  She appeared in the KL Piano Gala for five consecutive years since 2013. She was the soloist in several concerto performances with the Selangor Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) and the Penang Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO). In 2019 she made her debut solo performance at the Musikverein, Vienna and Carnegie Hall, New York in September and November respectively. 

Carolyn has given masterclasses locally and abroad. She  is an adjunct lecturer at the Institute of Music, UCSI University and has a private piano studio in Cyberjaya. Over the years, her students have won numerous prizes in piano competitions held locally as well as overseas.  In 2019 she was invited to present at the ABRSM Music Teachers Conference in Kuala Lumpur. 

Apart from teaching, she is also a well sought-after adjudicator. She has been invited to be part of the panel of jurors for the UCSI International Competition, the Malaysian Youth Music Festival, the 15th Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) Piano Competition, KK Music Festival, the Borneo Performing Arts Festival, Euroasia Piano Competitions, Malaysia Piano Competition Hong Kong Youth Performing Arts Festival (HKYPAF) preliminary and final rounds.