Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Luvana's family moved to Puerto Rico when she was 5. She moved to Miami, Florida at the age of 18, and got her start as a dancer in South Beach Miami strip clubs.
Luvana entered the porn industry in 2001. Her first hardcore appearance was in More Dirty Debutantes #211. She was initially a contract girl with Digital Sin/New Sensations, but signed with Adam & Eve in February 2003.
Luvana did not do anal sex on camera initially, saying that she would not do anything she was not comfortable with. But after doing it in her private life and finding that she liked it, she proceeded to do it on film. Her first film with an anal scene was The Perfect Secretary.
On June 15, 2006, Carmen won the Howard Stern Pornstar Beauty Pageant, beating Taylor Wane and Taryn Thomas for the crown.
She currently resides in Florida, flying out to where the films are being made.