An Ohioan, Riley debuted online at age 18. Since then, she has won several awards for her movies and photos. She is mostly of Italian heritage, with some Native American heritage.

Riley maintaines her own web site and regularly updates her personal website with softcore, lesbian, hardcore, and light fetish sets. In a solo-girl tradition, she has also cameoed on several other adult websites, including Misty Anderson's and Kate's Playground.

With the support of website jaYManCash, of which Riley is part-owner, she has started a new venture, Evil Motion Pictures, whose goal is to break into mainstream horror movie production. Evil Motion Pictures released its first horror porn film starring Riley in November 2007, entitled Succubus.

In May 2008, the owner of jaYManCash announced that the rumors she was leaving the adult industry were true saying "while no official documents have been signed, Raven has communicated that the adult industry is no longer in her future."Riley contacted XBIZ and disputed the rumors and reports with a "I am still here and I’m not retired... That was false information that was given."JayManCash and Riley are engaged in litigation and have an upcoming court date.