Dodds was born on 26 November 1994,[1] and is from Hawthorne,[2][3] a suburb of Brisbane in Queensland.

[5] Dodds started competing in 2007, having been introduced to the sport by her physiotherapist Tanya Winter.

[5] In 2010, she competed in the Australian Championships in Perth where she set a world record in the 200 metre event.

[1][5][9][10] She competed in the 2012 Brisbane Track Classic, where she set a personal best time of 17.21 seconds in the T35 100 metre event.

[11] At the 2012 Qantas Australian Athletics Tour – Adelaide Track Classic, she finished eighth in the women's 200 metre ambulant event with a time of 36.48 seconds.