*Carmelita is a fourth-generation member of law enforcement. At a young age, she studied at Sleuth Academy and graduated at the top of her class. After graduating from the Police Academy with honors, she began working for the Investigative Services Division of INTERPOL. Her boss and mentor was Inspector James Barkley. At an unknown point in her career, Carmelita became acquainted with Constable Neyla and the Contessa.

Carmelita first appeared in Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus at the age of 21. Her current age is unknown, as she was 23 in Sly 2: Band of Thieves and 24 in Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, but an undisclosed amount of time passed between that and Thieves in Time.

Carmelita is a beautiful vixen with a slender-yet-athletic physique, orange fur with almost the entirety of her face and her stomach being a lighter, apricot-like color, and long, wavy dark blue hair with bangs, which is usually kept braided-down by gold-like colored hair tie. She also has golden-brown eyes with a small beauty mark under the left eye, a muzzle with a small black nose, and black-tipped ears with the insides colored apricot, and with the left ear sporting a small gold hoop-earring. She also has a signature large, bushy tail with an apricot underside.

Her attire consists of a thick, dark blue choker with her INTERPOL badge hanging as the pendant, a slightly cropped, dark yellow leather jacket over her signature zipped-up dark blue tube top, golden-yellow gloves, tight-fitting dark blue leggings held by a reddish-brown belt, and dark brown/black combat boots with varied designs (commonly dark yellow-brown calf-high in the cutscenes and artworks of the second and third games).

In Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, Carmelita's ensemble changes quite a bit. She now sports a top completely resembling a bra, dark blue zipped-up miniskirt held by a brown belt with a golden buckle, brown heeled belt-buckled boots with flaps, and her jacket's sleeves are now rolled up above her elbows. Likewise, her physical appearance has also drastically changed with her hair now loose. Along with HD graphics, she is thinner overall, has pointed ears fanning upward and more defined cheeks. In the animated cutscenes, her gloves are fingerless and elbow-length.

Carmelita's outlook on crime is very black and white, firmly believing that any lawbreaker must be brought to justice, regardless of how minor or major the infraction was. Pursuing this vision with her shock pistol, Carmelita was extremely rigid in her view and pursued all criminals with equal determination, from murderers to jaywalkers to thieves, extending to Sly and his gang. Both she and Sly have repressed romantic feelings for each other and their relationship was portrayed rather ambiguously throughout the series until the conclusion of Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves.

Despite believing any criminal should be brought to justice, Carmelita acts justly to her captives, as evident when she offers Murray a bag of jelly beans during his captivity and ensures that he is comfortable in his makeshift cell. Carmelita is very devoted to her line of work, and must keep her emotions under control in order to keep her temper in check. Carmelita has been seen to enjoy regular day-to-day activities when off duty, such as viewing art galleries, listening to music, and buying boots.

Even Sly remarked that she isn't as cruel as the Contessa. This is also shown during her confrontation with Dr. M by negotiating with after he releases Sly, demonstrating she can reasoned with to a degree. The Contessa also stated, as from reading her psychological, that Carmelita is honest. Determined as she is, Carmelita is also relentless, as she is constantly in pursuit of Sly and his gang to arrest to the point tracking them far and wide to the ends of the Earth. In her pursuit, Carmelita gets stumbled in almost every criminal organization whenever she is after Sly or not.*