Stokes is an Aboriginal Australian[1][2] from Gepps Cross, South Australia[1][3] who grew up in Darwin.

[1] She attended Gepps Cross Girls High and took Japanese language classes.

[4] As a young player, she dreamed of playing softball for the University of California, Los Angeles.

[7] In March 2012, it was announced she and Stacey Porter would be ambassadors in a programme to increase aboriginal participation in softball around Australia.

[7] In March 2012, she participated in a seven-game test series in Canberra against the Japanese national team.