Somy was born in Karachi, Pakistan, on the 25th day of March.  She attended the Convent of Jesus and Mary School until the age of seven in Karachi. Following that, Somy's mother, her younger brother, Mohammad, and she moved to Fort.Lauderdale, Florida to start a new life.

In 1992 when Somy turned 16, she moved to Mumbai, India, with an interest in modeling as well as working in Hindi films. Somy worked in ten Hindi films and did some commercials simultaneously during her years spent in Mumbai, India.

In January of 1999, Somy moved back to America to obtain a degree in psychology. She attended the Nova Southeastern University in Florida and in three years time graduated with her Bachelor's degree in psychology.  Somy worked at a local radio station doing talk-shows on social and political issues for two years while working on her bachelor's degree, it was during this time that she became very interested in journalism and decided to attend the University of Miami to obtain a master's degree in print journalism.

In February, 2003 while attending the University of Miami, Somy developed an interest in documentary films, therefore left UM  to attend the New York Film Academy. She graduated with a degree in film making, direction, script writing, and editing in October, 2003 and completed three short films on Abortion, Domestic Violence, and Teenage suicide. Following that, Somy attended the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in Florida and on the 31st of December 2004 obtained  a degree in broadcast journalism.

After her graduation from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, Somy has been working as a freelance journalist and producing short films for human rights organziations.  She's also  working on directing and producing  a documentary film on the "Lives of Muslim Women."

Somy's mother, Tehmina Ali, is originally from Baghdad, Iraq. Somy's father, Madan Ali, is from Karachi, Pakistan. Somy has two sisters and one younger brother.

Hina, the eldest, lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with her husband Robert and their son Christopher. Hina is an immigration attorney in Fort.Lauderdale, Florida. 

Huma works as a realtor and also lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with her husband Shahid and her two sons, Asim, and Sameer.

Mohammad, the youngest of the siblings, lives in South Beach, Florida and works as a National Sales Director for Showproco in Miami following graduation with a bachelor's degree in advertising from the University of Miami.