Ali is a second year MBA student passionate about diversity and inclusion, organizational strategy and emerging market development. She is interested in remaining in human capital and at the intersection of business and impact. Prior to Ross, Ali worked as a project and program manager across industries including non and for profits, startups, and the UN. As a project manager at Gensler, the world’s largest design and architecture firm, Ali developed communications for data visualizations and trained staff. An avid traveler, Ali spent 2 years in Kazakhstan as an educator and recruiter and can make an excellent plate of manti. Originally from San Francisco, she graduated from Occidental College with a degree in Diplomacy and World Affairs and Russian.