Dr Mai Ali was born in Alexandria in 1979. She is married to an orthopedic surgeon and has two wonderful daughters. She received her Master (2008) and PhD (2014) degrees in Pharmaceutics from Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University. Dr Mai Ali is currently a Pharmaceutics Lecturer in AASTMT College of Pharmacy, endorsing the use of interactive teaching, augmenting students self-learning skills and supervising students projects that serve the community.