Carys is from a small village near Blackwood in the South Wales valleys. She moved to Birmingham to study Drama and English Literature at the University of Birmingham in 2013. Carys lived and studied in Amsterdam for an Erasmus year and then graduated in 2017. After graduating, Carys moved back home to work as a Teaching Assistant for one year at a Welsh language secondary school in Caerphilly County Borough. Before joining Theatr na nÓg in August 2019 she studied a Masters degree in Arts Management at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Carys has now moved to Swansea near the beach.