is a writer, actor, director, and mental health advocate in LA. She’s won / placed in over 60 competitions including winning: John Gassner, Julie Harris, SheNYCArts, O’Neill, New American Voices, Womens Playwriting Prize UK, Orchard Project, ICWP Oestreicher Award, and Lincoln Center Music Theater AACR. She has been awarded three grants from the California Coalition of the Arts. Ali’s prose won the David Sedaris Writing Prize. She finaled at O’Neill, Ojai, Moxie, Pegasus, Kitchen Dog, New American Voices, Orchard Project, Creede Rep, Garry Marshall, Parity, and Women’s Playwriting UK. Ali’s included works been produced and developed at The Road, Theatre 40, Playwrights Realm, EST/LA, Antaeus, 24 Hour Plays, Arcola UK, White Bear, Lincoln Center and Citadel of Playwrights (Resident Artist) in addition to being nominated for Broadway World Awards and MethodFest as Best Actor, Play, and Director. She’s won and screened at several film festivals, including Atlanta, Toronto, Palm Springs, Slamdance, and Gen Art. She’s a Coverfly-Endorsed screenwriter, Women In Film Mentee, with fellowships from Writers For Writers, Stowe Story Labs, RespectAbility, BlackMagic Writer’s Collective, and 1in4 Coalition. Her TV credits include MTV, VH-1, FOX, Showtime, Pop TV, and is published by Nation, Applause, and Smith & Kraus Books.  A teaching artist for The Unusual Suspects Theater Company in Los Angeles, a Talent Ambassador for MTV's Mental Health Action Day, she’s on the advisory board at Peace Over Violence, a member of EST/LA, The Honor Roll, the Sundance Collective, the Dramatists Guild, and the Petco Rewards Program.