Olympic ice dance champions, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, are the godparents of her brother, Daniel.

[5] In 2007, Edmunds began taking ballet and jazz lessons at Dance Theatre International in Evergreen, San Jose when she was eight.

[12] Edmunds first stepped onto the ice at twenty months old and was taking lessons in both skating and ballet by age four.

[3][4] She cites Carolina Kostner, Sasha Cohen, and Michelle Kwan as her figure skating role models.

[13] Having received no ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments, Edmunds' only remaining opportunity to get on the ISU's Season's Best or World Standing lists—and thus, have a chance of a senior Grand Prix assignment in the following season—was the 2013 World Junior Championships.

[16] She received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2013–14 season; she placed first in both segments on her way to the gold medal in Mexico City, her debut.

At the Junior Grand Prix Final in Fukuoka, Japan, she had trouble in the short program, placing fifth, but was second in the free skate and finished fourth overall.

Edmunds began her season with gold at the 2014 U.S. International Classic, an ISU Challenger Series event.

[21] At her senior Grand Prix debut, Edmunds finished fourth in China and eighth in Japan.

Edmunds won gold at the 2015 Four Continents after placing fourth in the short program and first in the free skate.

She won the silver medal behind Gracie Gold at the 2016 U.S. Championships, after placing first in the short program [23] and second in the free.

[8][26] After a break, she resumed skating but the problem resurfaced in June; she decided to limit herself to off-ice training for a month and then returned to the ice.

It required a lot of time off the ice, off really physical activity impact on my foot to really heal it properly.