Born and raised in Montreal,[1] McKinnon attended St. Thomas High School with partner Rudy Jahchan and studied East Asian studies at McGill University[2] alongside Autumn Phillips; herself both a McGill and St Thomas High School alumna.

[4][5] McKinnon first became known under the pseudonym Ms. Kitka, the host of sex news and entertainment show Kitkast, launched on October 15, 2005.

Due to a desire to make a science fiction show, she decided to move onto other projects and launched Galacticast with her boyfriend Rudy Jahchan on May 8, 2006.

[6] Under the corporation name 8Bit Brownies Inc., the two went on to co-produce a short miniseries for Next New Networks filmed at South by Southwest called Pulp Secret Confessions[7] and later launched the comic book and graphic novel review show A Comicbook Orange on June 6, 2006, where McKinnon worked as host.

[9] In addition to her self-produced works, she has appeared in Geek Therapy alongside America Young,[10] Star Wars inspired lightsaber battle Elf Sabers with The Guild's Teal Sherer,[11] Babelgum original series Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate as nemesis Kalm,[12] and the fan imagined trailer for Elfquest.