Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Taahira Butterfield i te 5 o Oketopa 2000, ā, i tipu ake ia ki Devonshire Parish, Bermuda. I haere ia ki Cedarbridge Academy, katahi ka neke ki te United States ki te ako i te Whare Wananga i Albany, SUNY i New York. I whakataetae a Butterfield mo Bermuda i nga Taakaro CARIFTA mai i te tau 2011 ki muri, me te 2012 Central American me Caribbean Junior Championships i roto i te Athletics
i San Salvador, i El Salvador.