2024-25: Played in six games, averaging 4.4 minutes per contest… Scored her first career points against Fort Lewis where she also recorded a steal and an assist… Totaled three assists, including two at Pacific.

Prior to Northern Arizona: As a redshirt-junior at CSUN, Li-Uperesa started 28 of the 30 games she played in. She averaged 7.9 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, adding 30.9 minutes per game. Li-Uperesa led the team and ranked fourth in the Big West Conference in blocks with 33 total and ranked second with 149 total rebounds. Her season-high 18 points came in a game against Hawai'i, and she also led the Matadors in field goal percentage, knocking down 42.7 percent of her attempts (85-199) from the field. During the 2023-24 season, she compiled 32 assists and 39 steals while making 10 three-pointers.
 
Before CSUN, Li-Uperesa began her career at Cal State East Bay where she redshirted a season before moving on to the City College of San Francisco where she played for two seasons. She was a two-time Coast Conference North Division MVP and led the league with 20.6 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in 29 games played. The Rams have won seven-straight Coast Conference North Division titles and with Li-Uperesa's assistance, advanced to the third round of the 2023 CCCAA Round 3 of the Northern California Regional Playoffs.

Li-Uperesa graduated from Sacred Heart Cathedral High School in 2019. She was named the 2018 SF Gate San Francisco Regional Player of the Year after leading the team to the Northern California Division I Championship, finishing runner-up. During her prep career, she was named to the first team All-West Catholic Athletic League, first team All-League, second team All-League and SF Examiner honorable mention All-City.