She later trained as a teacher, and since 2008 she has been employed as a consultant at the Faroe Islands' cooperation between the school system, social authorities and the police (SSP).
In 1998, Bjarkhamar was chairman of the Tjóðveldisflokkur's restored youth organization, Unga Tjóðveldið.
[1] Bjarkhamar was the initiator of Í menniskjum gott tokki (In people's well-being), which is a Faroese campaign that raises money for poor Faroese families and distributes gifts to them once a year, shortly before Christmas.
The work started in 2010, while the Faroe Islands had a bourgeois government, which provided tax relief to people with the highest wages, while the low-wage earners received no tax relief.
[3] Bjarkhamar lives in a lesbian relationship with Sonja Jógvansdóttir, who is a member of the Løgting since 2015.