After finishing high school she trained in Melbourne, Victoria as an elite athlete in sprints and long jump under retired Paralympian Tim Matthews.

[1][2] While in school, she did a number of sports including netball, water polo, touch football and knee boarding.

[4] As of 2012[update], she has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport,[2][5] and trains with Tim Matthews in Melbourne, Victoria.

[1][2] Parrish started competing in 2006, following an Adelaide-based Australian Paralympic talent search event.

[1][8][9] At the 2011 Arafura Games, she finished second in the Women Long Jump Ambulant event with a distance of 3.98 metres,[2][10] and earned two gold medals.