Palmer was born in
Whangārei, and attended
Bream Bay College. She began playing squash at age 4 and was coached by
Shelley Kitchen until 2011. At age 13 she was the youngest ever competitor selected for the New Zealand under-19 girls team to compete at the 2011
World Junior Squash Championships. In 2015 she won the under-19s title at the New Zealand North Island Junior Age Group Champs, prior to competing at the World Junior Squash Championship in the Netherlands. At the
2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in that year she won a silver medal in the women's doubles and a bronze medal in mixed doubles. In 2018 she was named in New Zealand's team for the
World Squash Championships after placing third in New Zealand's national championships and being part of the winning teams for New Zealand women's doubles and mixed doubles. forming a doubles team with
Kaitlyn Watts. They were knocked out in the round of 16 and did not make the quarter-finals. she was ranked 178 in the world. ==References==