Her ancestral background is African American, English, Irish, Austrian, German, Hawaiian, Tahitian, and Samoan.

[2] She comes from an athletic family, as her uncle, Eric Fonoimoana, was a gold medalist in beach volleyball in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

[3] Her mother, Debbie, also played beach volleyball and trained with her sister, Lelei Fonoimoana, who swam in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec at 17 years old.

[5] After retiring from indoor competition in 2016, she decided to return to it in 2022 and signed with American professional league Athletes Unlimited.

[9] In August 2021, Fonoimoana and her partner Geena Urango finished in 13th place at the Women's AVP $100,000 Gold Series Atlanta Open.