[3][4] She attended her secondary education between 1985-1992 at the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, where she completed the MAVO and HAVO curricula.

[3][4][5] From 1997 to 1999 and from 2014 to 2020, Uslu held management positions at the Corendon Tourism Group, which was co-founded by her brother Atilay.

[3][6] Between 2001 and 2018, she taught several courses at the University of Amsterdam, including heritage studies, museology and cultural policy.

[3] On 10 January 2022, she joined the fourth Rutte cabinet as State Secretary for Culture and Media, on behalf of the Democrats 66.

[2] On 30 November 2023, Uslu announced that she would resign from her position as State Secretary and that she would return to Corendon, her brother's company.