[1] In 1969, her father began attending Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York, as a graduate student, and later became a post-doctoral fellow.
Her mother also went back to school and eventually earned a PhD in biology from Stony Brook and was a post-doctoral fellow at MIT and Georgetown University.
[2][3] In 1970, during her parents' studies in the United States, Kuppa and her family moved to Long Island where she began attending kindergarten.
[4][5] In 1988, Kuppa returned to the United States to attend graduate school at Stony Brook University, her parents' alma mater, as a foreign student.
[3][4] Kuppa is a founding member of the Troy-area Interfaith Group, as well as the local Bharatiya Temple's Outreach Committee.
She assumed office in 2019 for the 100th Michigan Legislature, representing House District 41, which encompasses the cities of Troy and Clawson.
Kuppa's predecessor, term-limited Republican Martin Howrylak, attended her swearing-in ceremony.
[11] In 2021, Kuppa received the Michigan United Cerebral Palsy Public Policy Award for her work with the disability and business communities.
[1] She is multi-lingual and speaks English, Hindi, and Telugu;[3] the latter of which is the most spoken minority language in the district that Kuppa represents.