[citation needed] By the age of 8, she won her first American Taekwondo Association world championship, becoming one of the youngest black belts to achieve this feat.

[1] Over her career, Vallandingham has earned 13 American Taekwondo Association world titles, excelling in both traditional combat and weapons forms such as the bo staff and nunchaku.

After winning the XMA Forms world championships, Vallandingham flew to Los Angeles to start her acting career at the age of 10 on Underdog Kids as Leticia Hernandez, directed by six-time taekwondo black belt and actor Phillip Rhee.

[8] Vallandingham made an appearance in her first music video role in 2018, starring as herself in "Youth" by Shawn Mendes, featuring Khalid, demonstrating her martial arts skills.

[11][12] She plays a supporting antagonist in the final season, portraying Zara Malik, a cocky, high-maintenance, social media influencer, and skilled martial artist, as a co-captain under the dojo Iron Dragons, starring besides Lewis Tan as Sensei Wolf and Patrick Luwis as Axel Kovačević.