[2] Towley has a white father and a black mother, and self-identifies as mixed race.
[2][5] She graduated from Jefferson Senior High School of Alexandria, MN in 2009 and earned a degree in dance from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota.
She’s also performed in the 2020 superhero movie The Old Guard in the minor role of Jordan, Nile’s friend in the Marines.
On 11 January 2024, Towley released the single "Darling Drive" with Scottish producer Sam Gellaitry, a song inspired by the street she grew up on in Minnesota.
[14] Additionally her work, Mama's Eyes, was nominated for the Best Contemporary Song Ivor Novello Award.