 Ali's work with the group "I Was Born With Two Tongues" (1998-2003) is archived with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program.Ali co-founded and was executive producer of the Mango Tribe (2000-2006), an alternative performance collective to voice the stories of Asian and Pacific Islander American women.History of the Mango Tribe is archived at the University of Chicago Special Collections Library in the Queer Asian American collection.