She again competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Liberia in the 100 m race, but did not advance to the finals.
A 1987 graduate of California State University, Dominguez Hills, Dinkins retired from track and field competition in 2003 but still works closely with the Liberian track and field teams.
[2] Dinkins' between- and post-Olympics profession has been as a trauma surgeon at King-Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
She was featured on an episode of TLC's (now Discovery Health Channel's) reality TV series Trauma: Life In The E.R.
More recently, she spoke at the press conference as the trauma surgeon on call who treated one of the victims of the shooter who attacked and killed two Israeli ticketing agents for El Al Airlines at LAX Airport in 2002.