Ali recently graduated from MIT with a Master’s of Engineering and Bachelor’s of Science in computer science and electrical engineering. During her time at MIT, she was a researcher at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the MIT Media Lab and interned at Toast and DirecTV. After graduating, she delved into cryptocurrency and blockchain. She worked as the only developer evangelist for Lightyear.io, growing out the developer community for the Stellar Development Foundation. She is now pursuing changing the field of emergency medicine. Ali is driven by innovation and has knowledge in the fields of security, databases, and systems. But really, she considers herself a “jack of all trades,” as she is always striving to learn new skills and new topics.