Heslop was born in
Auckland,
New Zealand and moved to the
Gold Coast at 10 years of age. She attended
Helensvale State High School throughout her upbringing and her first sporting interest was
netball where she was a junior state representative for Queensland. She later tried
Australian rules football for the
Southport Sharks and was signed up to the
Gold Coast Suns Academy and subsequently quit netball to pursue a career in the
AFLW. She was selected for numerous junior football state representative teams and joined the top level
Yeronga Devils in the lead up to her draft year. ==AFLW career==