After graduating from St. John's University in 1999 she went overseas and achieved success playing professional basketball in Iceland, Sweden, Greece and China.

Dickinson played high school basketball for Murray-Wright in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan where she graduated in 1995.

During her senior season she averaged 22 points, 14 rebounds, seven steals and five assists per game, leading the Pilots to the PSL championship game,[1] and was named Miss PSL by the Detroit Public School League Coaches Association.

[18][19] Despite 27 points, 18 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals from Dickinson, Njarðvík lost the finals game in overtime, 81–74.

[20][21][22] Dickinson spent the 2003 season with the Grand Rapids Blizzard in the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL).