[8][9] Alongside her brother Scott, Whitehead competed in the 2020 Australian Kitefoiling Championships in Melbourne.

She won the teams, women's, and Open National kitefoiling events,[6] and was ranked sixth overall.

[10] Whitehead competed at the 2023 Formula Kite World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, where she placed eleventh, earning a berth for Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

[11] Whitehead was the overall winner of the 53rd Trofeo Princesa Sofia (part of the 2024 Sailing World Cup), receiving the gold medal in Women's Formula Kite.

[15] In 2022, Whitehead graduated from James Cook University with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree.