She became a published poet as a child, and has performed nationally and internationally on radio and television.
At the age of seven she wrote a poem about suffering racist abuse that was published by Valerie Sinason, who was then doing therapeutic work with children in East London.
[4] At the age of nine or ten she published a book of poems, At School Today, with Bogle -L'Ouverture.
[5][6] While studying at Reynolds High School in Acton, London, she published her second poetry collection, Easter Monday Blues.
[citation needed] Huntley's work has been anthologised in collections including James Berry's News from Babylon (1984) and children's anthologies like Grace Nichols' Black Poetry (1988).