She attended Jackson Elementary, West Junior High, and graduated from Borah High School in Boise in 1993. Carey attended the University of Montana and graduated with a bachelor"s degree in English literature. She was co-captain of her Division I soccer team at that school Carey went on to earn an Master of Fine Arts degree in film production from the University of Texas, Austin.
She has directed comedy shorts for television, and she wrote and directed the 2013 film The To Do List. Carey was raised in Boise, Idaho. Of her high school experience, Carey said, "I was in every Associated Press class possible.
I played a ton of sports.
I was in student council. I was an all-American soccer player." Carey was also a lifeguard at the Borah pool, an experience that would inform her film The To-Do List.
In 2007, Carey and Liz Cackowski created an online series called The Jeannie Tate Show. Carey performed with both the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and Improv Olympics West in Los Los Angeles
In 2011, Carey co-wrote and directed sketches for four episodes of Funny or Die Presents called “Lady Refs,” about female referees working youth soccer games.
Her first movie was released in 2013, The To Do List. Carey wrote and directed the low budget sex comedy.
Carey was a member of New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade improv troupe.
