Ta yi karatu a Jami'ar Jyväskylä, inda ta kammala karatun digiri a fannin Ilimi a 2002. Ta yi aiki a matsayin malamin makaranta har sai da aka zabe ta a majalisar. Ta kuma kasance shugaban matasa na Tarayyar Turai na Tarayyar Finland a 2001. Ta kasance memba na majalisar birni na Kokkola tun 2001. A shekara ta 2002, ta yi CD na waƙoƙin Kirsimeti na kanta.Urpilainen ya kasance memba na majalisar wakilai na mazabar Vaasa tun 2003. Ta kasance memba na Kwamitin Ilimi da Al'adu na Majalisar, mataimakin memba na Kwamitin Kudi na Majalisar. Ta kuma kasance memba na Kwamitin Shawara na Cibiyar Harkokin Kasashen Duniya ta Finland. Tambaya: Yaushe ta fara zama memba na majalisar?
Shekarar 2001