Stenvold grew up in Finnfjordbotn in Troms.[1] In her youth, she took part in cross-country skiing races. In 1993, she was presented by the Norwegian television station Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) in an eight-minute report as a future hope in cross-country skiing. At the Norwegian youth championship she won the gold medal in the individual in 1994 and in the relay in 1995. After a back injury in the 1998/99 season, she had to end her sports career.[2]
In 2001, she finished her studies in journalism and began her career at the NRK in Tromsø.[1] Four years later, she became a sports journalist and reported on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3] She then took over the moderation of the music magazine Lydverket for a year.[4] In Autumn 2009, she became the presenter of the morning news Morgennytt of NRK. Since 2010, she has moderated the television broadcaster's main news Dagsrevyen.[5] She was allowed to speak in her local dialect from Målselv Municipality.[6] For the use of her dialect, she was awarded the Kringkasting Prize in 2007.[7]