Kussro earned her BFA in painting and printmaking from Herron School of Art & Design in Indianapolis in 2003. She earned her MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 2006. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art and Design at the University of Houston - Clear Lake in Houston, Texas, teaching printmaking and drawing.

Kussro’s work has been shown in various locations around the country, including solo exhibitions at the Nashville International Airport and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as group exhibitions at Kai Lin Art in Atlanta, the Dadian Gallery in Washington D.C., and the Manhattan Graphics Center in New York. Her work has also been exhibited in India and China. Her creative process is centered in a playful investigation of the natural world, and frequently features combinations of printmaking, sculpture and sewing.