In high school, she played for the girls' hockey team at Appleby College and for the Oakville Hornets of the Provincial Women's Hockey League (PWHL), winning the 2015 Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHA) Provincial Championship.
She missed the first five games of her rookie season before picking up her first point on November 26, 2016 and her first goal a week later.
[1] After finishing the 2019–20 season ranked first for the first time in program history, the Cornell Big Red had a chance at winning their first ever NCAA title before the 2020 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[3] She signed her first professional contract with the club ahead of the 2020–21 NWHL season.
[4][5] Curlew obtained her bachelor's degree in communication and media studies with a minor in horticulture from Cornell University.