[2] Her father, Almir Suruí, is an activist, former parliamentary candidate, and member of the indigenous Paiter people of Brazil.

[4] In 2021, Suruí and three other activists from the environmental group Engajamundo, along with two activists from the international group Fridays for Future, sued officials in the Brazilian government for changing official carbon emissions calculations in order to circumvent Paris Agreement restrictions.

[5] Later that year, Suruí was selected to be a speaker at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, where she criticized attendees for their lack of attention to deforestation issues.

[6] The appearance significantly raised her international profile, leading Spanish newspaper El País to call Suruí "the most well-known Brazilian environmental activist in the world".

[10] In 2023, Suruí and her mother were taken hostage, along with British film director Heydon Prowse and a filmmaking crew, by a group of armed men, but were eventually released.