During the early 1990s when she was fifteen years old she relocated to Canada with her family in order to avoid the civil strife and unrest that was taking place in Somalia during that time. After she became a famous model, Warsame uses her celebrity status as a means to speak out for the Somali people and to improve their plight. The Somali Youth Coalition is an organization that is based in Toronto and it works to alleviate negative social and economic conditions that affect Somali youth. Warsame is a member of this organization and she also personally speaks out for Somali people at home and abroad. As a matter of fact this talented and beautiful young model travels to her native land from time to time to personally lend a hand at improving the living conditions of her fellow countrymen.