In 2003, she stumbled upon her medical file, which revealed the life-changing information that she had been diagnosed HIV positive at 3 years old, but at that time she did not ask any questions or discuss it with her relatives.
Soon the entire school was alerted and Sampa found herself stigmatised and isolated, as other students would not share a dormitory with her.
[4] She then studied clinical and psychosocial counselling at Chainama College of Health Sciences in 2013 so that she could work with people living with HIV and disabilities.
She works with HIV-positive people to improve their status, live positively,[5] and encourage families to discuss health issues with children.
[3][5] In 2017, she won a Mandela Washington Fellowship from the Young African Leaders Initiative which enabled her to undertake training in civic leadership in the US.