Ali brings more than 22 years of experience in K-12 and higher education. She began her career as a middle school teacher with Teach for America and was a founding teacher at two middle schools in New York City, as well as a founding instructor and curriculum developer at the Relay Graduate School of Education. Ali served as the founding Senior Director of History Achievement at Achievement First, where she worked for eight years with teachers across more than 30 schools to develop and implement high quality instructional materials. Ali's first consulting project was to lead the state-wide effort in New York to redesign the NYS Social Studies Framework. She continues to partner with public school districts and CMOs across the country to develop and facilitate transformative professional learning experiences that center the needs of our most marginalized learners and respectfully model student-centered learning for educators. Ali holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Sociology from Indiana University and a Masters of Teaching with Pace University.