She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Towers High School in Decatur, where she graduated at the top of her class. Rep. Kendrick then went on to Oglethorpe University, where she graduated in 2004 with a dual degree in political science and communications. She enrolled in the University of Georgia School of Law and graduated in 2007 with a focus on corporate law. In 2011, she graduated with honors from Kennesaw State University with a Master of Business Administration. In 2019, she obtained her Series 65 license and is currently a registered investment adviser in Georgia.

Rep. Kendrick currently serves as the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Non-Civil (criminal law), Juvenile Justice, Interstate Cooperation and the Small Business Development committees.

She is also co-founder of the Georgia Future Caucus, a bipartisan group made up of legislators under 40. In 2018, her peers elected her as the Chief Deputy Whip for the House Democratic Caucus. In 2019, Rep. Kendrick was appointed to the Telecommunications, Science and Technology Committee for the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. Additionally, in 2019, she started the first Technology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship bipartisan caucus of the Georgia House of Representatives. She currently serves as the House Whip of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, which is the nation's largest black caucus.

In 2017, Rep. Kendrick was elected to the Technology Association of Georgia's (TAG) Corporate Development Board. In addition, she was selected to be a contributor to Black Enterprise Magazine, focused on economic justice issues. In 2017, she opened Kendrick Advisory & Advocacy Group, LLC, a law firm and consulting firm in the area of business expansion, policy & advocacy strategy and financial strategy and compliance. In 2019, she joined the Diversity Board of TAG.

She has been featured in the Huffington Post as one of 25 people in Atlanta positioned to create diversity in tech for African Americans and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for businesswomen running for office. Rep. Kendrick is the visionary and founder of Georgia's first and only "GA Blacks in Tech Policy Conference," which has a mission of collaboration between the black tech ecosystem and policymakers to advocate for inclusive tech policy within the state. It has since formed as a separate entity under Tech for All Alliance, Inc., and the conference has been rebranded to "Tech for All Policy Conference." In 2019, she received the Rising Star Award for the Urban League of Greater Atlanta's Young Professionals and was awarded the "40 under 40" award by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Rep. Kendrick is a community activist, public speaker, elected official, private securities attorney, registered investment adviser, consultant and a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She currently resides in Lithonia, Georgia with her dog, Dezzy.