[1] Born in Lukar (part of Promina municipality), Rimac spending her first four years of schooling in Knin, until the Croatian War of Independence broke out in the 1990s.

She then went to school in Rijeka and Split, and returned to Knin in October 1995, when the fighting stopped.

She also spent a lot of time volunteering for the local Red Cross in Knin, and in 2000 was named director of the Red Cross in the city of Knin, being the youngest director in the country.

In 2005 Rimac was promoted to director of the Red Cross in Šibenik-Knin County (all of which was volunteer work).

On 25 September 2015, Croatian Parliament unanimously and without debate took away Rimac's parliamentary immunity thereby allowing the State Attorney's Office (DORH) to continue the investigation against her for suspected illegally acquiring apartment and damaging the state budget for more than 500,000 Croatian kunas while she served as mayor.