[1] Prior to being signed for the national competition, she was a multiple premiership player in the Victorian Women's Football League and club captain for the St Kilda Sharks; she also represented Victoria at the under 19 national championships.

[3][4] She was involved in a sex discrimination case when she and two other girls challenged the Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League and Football Victoria Ltd's rules that forbid girls from playing in mixed sex teams after the age of twelve.

[5][6] She has been credited with "effectively forcing" AFL Victoria to create a youth girls competition.

[7] After being delisted, Cula-Reid was appointed senior coach of Collingwood's VFLW team ahead of the 2018 season.

[8] She led the Magpies to the minor premiership, and was named VFLW Coach of the Year.