Ball was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She has a Bachelor’s degree with a double major in Indigenous, Race & Ethnic Studies & Art from the University of Oregon. Ball furthered her education in Aotearoa, New Zealand, at Massey University where she attained her Master’s degree with a focus on Indigenous contemporary art. She then relocated to her ancestral Homelands in Southern Oregon/Northern California to raise her three children. In 2018, Ball earned her M.F.A. degree in Painting & Printmaking at Yale School of Art. She is now an elected official serving on the Klamath Tribes Tribal Council, and her work has been shown nationally and internationally.