Her first feature-length script STRAWBERRY SUMMER is currently a finalist for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, a semifinalist for the Black List/Women In Film Feature Lab, and a quarterfinalist in the Big Break Screenwriting Contest. It also placed as a BlueCat Screenplay Competition Semifinalist (top 72 of 3,272). Her Wesleyan University thesis film, BURN, BABY, won the NNK Award for Best Screenplay, as well as departmental honors. Carlen’s music videos have been featured on Impose Magazine and Fifty Third and Third. Her work as an art director and property master can be seen in feature films like A24’s MENASHE, Lee Wilkof’s NO PAY, NUDITY, and Ari Issler & Ben Snyder's 11:55.