Akec Makur Chuot was born on 5 September 1992[1] in South Sudan, the same year her father died.

She was raised by her single mother in a family of seven and for twelve years they lived in Kakuma, refugee camp in Kenya.

She made her debut in the 32-point loss to the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season.

[13][14] At the end of 2022 season 6 with 4 new clubs joining the AFLW Makur Chuot decided to move to Hawthorn.

This motivated Makur Chuot to join World Vision's "1000 Voices for 1000 Girls" campaign, which uses the personal stories of victims with the aim of helping to reduce violence against women.