Shalina S. Ali is the Director of Programs & Interim Co-Director of TRUE Skool. She is a part of the Central City Circle of Change, a social and emotional wellness consulting group and specializes in curriculum and staff development. As a mother, photographer and poet, her love for community and the arts drives her commitment to uplifting youth and promoting self-care. She developed the Art of Coping to give youth the tools and platform to be experts in their own lives.