Originally from California, she competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit for the United States Virgin Islands.

[2] In her day job, Tannenbaum is a mathematics instructor at the University of the Virgin Islands.

The Virgin Islands Olympic Committee filed an arbitration case before the Ad-hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport challenging the quota system on the grounds of the principle of universal representation and historic practice in the Olympics of issuing additional quota spots to small nations through a "tripartite commission", involving the organizers, the IOC, and individual sport governing bodies — which was not done for the Winter Olympics.

[4] Tannenbaum made her Olympic debut in 2022 in Beijing, earning a spot after both Sweden and France declined to send athletes for the event.

She was nearly forced to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19 just before the opening ceremonies but was released from isolation before the final training runs.