Tala Sooupu was born in Samoa and lived in Magiagi and Moamoa.  Her father ‘is Ae Semau Faanuu Sooupu  from the villages of Patamea and Asaga and  mother Sailau Sooupu is from Uafato (Fagaloa).

She moved with her family to New Zealand in 2005 where after a brief time in South Auckland they moved to Te Awamutu in the Waikato. 

Tala did all of her schooling in Te Awamutu where she held many roles in student representation for Pasifika students as a student advocate for the Waikato Students Union

At the end of 2020 Tala graduated from the University of Waikato with a Bachelor of Laws. 

Tala is currently the Northern Vice President for the National Pacific Tertiary Students Board known as Tauira Pasifika and as of the beginning of this year she has been working as the Tangata o le Moana advisor for the Te Hiringa Hauora/Health Promotion Agency.