Before attending Samford, Lindley was an AP Scholar, held multiple leadership positions as a National Charity League member, and served as a captain for the JV and Varsity cheer teams at Mount de Sales Academy in Macon, Georgia. While attending Samford, Lindley double-majored in Philosophy and Law, Politics, and Society. This past summer, she was an intern for Justice Gregory Cook of the Alabama Supreme Court. After graduation, Lindley aspires to attend law school, clerk for a federal judge, and eventually practice law.