Until summer 2023 Ali served as the Community School Leadership Coordinator for Oakland Unified School District, where she led Collaborative Leadership Practices and Integrated Supports for 77 Community School Managers across the district, managed the implementation of California Community School Partnership Program (CCSPP) at 53 schools, and coordinated the expansion of Community Schools to meet OUSD's strategic plan to become a full-service community school district. Previous to working for OUSD, Ali was the Associate Director of the San Francisco Beacon Initiative and a Program Manager for San Francisco Unified School District's ExCEL After School Program.