A native of
Los Angeles, Cupquake was born Tiffany Michelle Garcia on March 19, 1988. She is of a
Mexican American background and grew up in
East Los Angeles. She began her career as an online content creator on
YouTube, registering her account in 2010. Her gaming videos, mainly centered around
Minecraft, propelled her to popularity on the platform. She was one of the first successful
Minecraft YouTubers. Herrera eventually began varying her videos to include baking, art, and
DIY content. Her baking videos are dubbed ''Quake n' Bake''. She also uploaded animated videos, with the animation being produced by others.
Jaiden Animations was one of Herrera's animators prior to becoming a prominent YouTuber in her own right. One of Herrera's and Jaiden's animated videos, based on ''
Five Nights at Freddy's'', ranks as one of the most-viewed indie animated shorts on the platform with over 100 million views. By 2014, Herrera's channel was signed to the
multi-channel network (MCN),
OmniaMediaCo. In 2015, she was featured as part of
YouTube Gaming's showcase at E3 2015. In 2016, she was one of the team captains in a real-life
Warcraft capture the flag game organized by
Legendary Pictures and
Portal A, as part of the promotional campaign for the
Warcraft film adaptation. She also appeared on video game journalist
Geoff Keighley's YouTube live stream series. In 2017, Herrera was noted to be on the ecommerce platform Kit. Later in 2017, Herrera was featured in the
Pokémon Go Travel video series and helped host its inaugural Global Catch Challenge. In 2019, she helped organize the
MC Championship. Her channel continued to be one of the more popular
Minecraft ones into 2020. In 2022, Herrera partnered with
Fresh Step and FCB Chicago for a live stream cat adoption event. ==Recognition and public image==