She was a head prefect of her high school and was Amira for the college and state chapters of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria.
She graduated with a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy with High Honors (Upper Credit) from The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
[6][7] Between 2009 and 2011, Suara served two terms as the State President of Business and Professional Women's Foundation (BPW).
[17] Suara is also involved in the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC), an organization that was created as a response to the “anti-Shariah” bill in 2012.
Promoting a “Nashville for All”, she pushed for the implementation of more fiscally responsible government practices, community-based budgeting, and improved access to quality education for the city’s youth.
[27] Following the death of Representative John Robert Lewis, Suara led an effort to honor the late congressman and highlight Nashville’s role in the civil rights movement.
[28] Working with the minority caucus and other community leaders, she sponsored a city ordinance in November 2020 to rename Fifth Avenue from Jefferson Street to I-40 to Rep. John Lewis Way.
This victory also made her the first person of color, male or female, in the Metro’s 60-year history to win the chamber’s 1st chair (the individual with the most votes in the 40-member council).
During her second term, she served as the Chair of the Diane Nash Committee, organizing a commemorative event to celebrate the important Civil Rights Movement activist and renaming the Metro Courthouse Plaza in her honor.
In July 2024, multiple demonstrations led by a Neo-Nazi hate group were done throughout the city of Nashville, most notably during a Metro Council announcement meeting presided over by Suara.
[34] Zulfat's written and oral testimonies highlighted the many incidents of discrimination in the Muslim community at the local, state, and federal levels.