[2][3] She cites her inspirations as fellow PSOL politicians and activists Marielle Franco and Jean Wyllys.

[5] In January 2020, Bomfim publicly announced that she was in a relationship with Glauber Braga, federal deputy for the PSOL of Rio de Janeiro.

[9] In the early hours of 5 October 2023, the physician Diego Ralf Bomfim, Sâmia's brother, was shot at a kiosk located in the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro.

One of the hypothesis of the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police investigation is that the three doctors were killed by mistake and that the physician Perseu Ribeiro Almeida, one of the victims, was mistaken for a local crime boss from the region of Jacarepaguá.

[10] However, the Minister of Justice and Public Security of Brazil, Flávio Dino, wrote on his social media that the crime may also be motivated by the political activism of Sâmia and her husband, Glauber Braga, who is a federal deputy representing the state of Rio de Janeiro in the National Congress.