Ali joined Student Legal Services as a staff attorney in 2024. She specializes in immigration law and is dedicated to serving students' needs related to immigration, interpersonal violence, family law, traffic, housing, and more, through a trauma informed lense. Ali received her B.A. in Philosophy from Lewis and Clark College in 2003, her J.D. from New York Law School in 2010, and was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 2010. She is also admitted to the Ninth Circuit and Oregon District Court.
Ali has been dedicated to serving low income clients throughout her career. Before coming to PSU-SLS, she worked at Catholic Charities- Immigration Legal Services and then ran a private practice, Meadowlark Immigration PC. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and received an AILA pro bono attorney award in 2015 for her work at the Artesia Detention Facility, where she represented women and children from Central America fleeing persecution.