Before joining the Veterans Legal Clinic, Ali was a trial attorney with Dependency Legal Group of San Diego. Previously, she was a trial attorney at Hanna, Brophy, MacLean, McAleer & Jensen, LLP. Ali earned her BA in Philosophy and French in 2003 from San Diego State University and her Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2010 from Florida State University. She earned her JD in 2013 from the University of San Diego, where she was chief student comment editor of the San Diego International Law Journal and a member of the Appellate Moot Court Board. Ali is also an adjunct professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law, where she teaches Fundamentals of Bar Exam Writing.