Suefay was raised in Burnaby, BC and first became interested in microbiology during the SARS 2003 outbreak. She pursued her medical degree and medical microbiology residency training at UBC, as well as additional training in tropical medicine through a DTM&H from Nagasaki University. Following completion of her training, Suefay joined the team at Vancouver Coastal Health as a medical microbiologist and infection control physician with a focus on mycology and parasitology. She is the current educational site director at Vancouver General Hospital for the UBC medical microbiology residency program.