Rali was born in a small town in Bulgaria near the Black Sea. After school, she qualified as a dental technician and then undertook further study to become a nurse.
Rali came to the UK in 2002 and took on the position of a care assistant in Devizes. In 2009 she joined the Pilgrims’ Friend Society at Leonora Home (now closed) as a care team leader. In 2019 she completed a diploma in Health & Social Care. When Middlefields House opened in August 2021 she was promoted to Deputy Manager and then to Registered Care Manager.
Rali has two children, a daughter and a son. She became a Christian as a teenager in Bulgaria and helped with Sunday School with her husband (at that time only a friend), organising activities and teaching the Bible to children who were living in poorer communities.