Corali was born and raised in South Florida, with family from France and the Dominican Republic. Corali is a first-generation graduate with majors in Cultural Anthropology and Global Health and a minor in Sociology. At Duke, she was the co-artistic director of Street Medicine Street-style Dance team and a dance captain of Nakisai African Dance Ensemble. Corali was also a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, and spent her senior year working on an ethnographic research project on the relationship between reproductive justice and community. Off campus, Corali worked at the Emily K Center with elementary and middle school students as a program assistant, where she has developed a passion for working with youth.

Through the Hart Fellowship, Corali will be working in Bahia, Brazil – at the Instituto Cultural Bantu (ICB) – to explore further her interests in education, community, and social justice. This community-based and community-led organization focuses on youth support and racial justice through mentorship, academic tutoring, and Afro-Brazilian cultural practices such as capoeira Angola. During her fellowship, Corali plans to carry out another ethnographic project looking at how the programs offered at the ICB promote community-building and empowerment.