Dr. Shoup is originally from northeastern Ohio. She developed an interest in Ob/Gyn from her sister's gynecologist, also a close friend.

Dr. Shoup attended Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio after college. Further interest in gynecology developed during an ambulatory medicine rotation, for which she received honors. This instruction was at the Free Medical Clinic of Cleveland where, as a medical student, she taught gynecology exams to first year students and donated time for evening free clinics. She met her husband, Dr. Andrew Liu in Cleveland, while doing a rotation in internal medicine.

After completing residency in 1989, they moved to the Bay Area and joined Rewood Medical Clinic until starting private practice together in March, 1992. Dr. Shoup became board-certified in Ob/Gyn in 1991 and is a fellow of the American College of Ob/Gyn (FACOG). She is a past Board member of the Nursing Mother's Council and is chairman of the Medical Records Committee at Sequoia Hospital.

Her free time is spent with her husband and caring for their two boys, Adam and Justin, who were both born at Sequoia Hospital. She enjoys golf, music, spending time with her sons and enjoying all the Bay Area has to offer.