[2] At the age of seven, she was diagnosed with bone cancer (Ewing sarcoma) in her left femur and given an only 20 per cent chance of surviving.

[3] This led to numerous operations and skin grafts and as a result she has severely limited movement on her left side.

[2][3] She was unable to attend the 2012 London Paralympics and 2014 World Equestrian Games due to transportation and horse injury problems.

[6] At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Jarvis rode 18-year-old gelding Romanos and finished 10th in the Individual championship test grade III.

She was a member of the Australian team competition with Emma Booth and Amelia White that finished thirteenth.