Ali is a Staff Attorney at Beyond Legal Aid. She graduated from University of Denver-Sturm College of Law in May 2019. At University of Denver, she was a Chancellor's Scholar and interned with various legal service organizations including National Immigrant Justice Center and Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network. She also served as an Articles Editor on Denver Law Review and president of DU's ACLU student organization.

Prior to law school, she spent three years as the Legal Intake Specialist at the Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH). Ali worked with a team of attorneys, organizers and policy staff to assist individuals, youth, and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness with legal issues concerning education, public benefits, and other civil rights.

Ali attended undergrad at Marquette University, where she was a Burke Scholar and was fortunate to spend six months living in Chile where she attended Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad Alberto Hurtado. While in Santiago, Chile, she also volunteered at an after school program for at-risk youth.