Jaime Ali was born in Rochester, Michigan. She has a background in performing arts, is the author of numerous plays and short stories, and has been a public speaker and instructor....view moreJaime Ali was born in Rochester, Michigan. She has a background in performing arts, is the author of numerous plays and short stories, and has been a public speaker and instructor. She is married to an Indian national and is a mother of two. Mrs. Ali has a great compassion for children, working with them throughout her life. After spending two years in India, working with orphans and the poor, she was motivated to write this story. Although, the characters and incidents in this story are fictional, they were directly inspired through actual experiences. Mrs. Ali and her husband, Noor, are in the process of opening an orphanage in South India, hoping to make “Shruthi’s Heart” a reality.view less