Ali, raised on an alpaca farm by bakery owners in Princeton, NJ, is a Jersey girl through and through. Upon meeting her Red Bank-based in-laws, she fell in love with the Jersey shore and all it has to offer — from great hiking trails, to the fun towns, to the beach only minutes away. She especially loves being close to her soon-to-be husband’s large Irish family, where the 30+ first cousins are now starting families of their own- and can’t help but spend all her time with all of their babies. In her spare time, you can find her wandering around quaint NJ towns, oil painting, trying her hand at baking complicated desserts, and hiking Sandy Hook trails.