She was born in
Burlington, Ontario. She started sailing at the age of 7 in
Barbados and competed at her first world championship at age 10 in the optimist class. Her older brother
Greg is a two-time Olympian in sailing who represented Barbados at Beijing 2008 and Canada at London 2012. Douglas went to school at the
University of Guelph for her
Bachelor of Commerce; as of 2019, she lists
Toronto as her hometown. ==References==