Kusari finished high school at the Hajdar Dushi Gymnasium and then registered in the University of Prishtina, Faculty of Economics.

She graduated in management and informations systems, working full-time to fund her studies in a time of economic crisis and political repression.

She founded and was the first president of the Association of Business Women of Duquesne University and was one of three Ron Brown scholarship holders from Eastern Europe invited to participate in the celebration of International Education Week by Secretary of State Madelaine Albright in Washington, D.C. After her studies, she worked as an intern at Bayer Corporation of North America in Pittsburgh in the department of e-sales.

During her stay, she was invited as a guest speaker to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars event to introduce substantial development challenges in Kosovo.

[7] In 2009, Kusari Lila made official her candidacy for mayor of Gjakova within the party New Kosovo Alliance (AKR).