Marilou Chanrasmi

Marilou Chanrasmi

Marilou has almost two decades of leadership experience in the animal well being non-profit world and has built programs centering marginalized communities. Her work has focused primarily with tribal nations in Minnesota and in serving as an advisor to the national non-profit Natives in VetMed. Marilou is a certified somatics coach, mindfulness and qigong practitioner, trained conflict resolution mediator, and an experienced facilitator of restorative and healing justice circles. She is skilled in creating and holding space that invites and welcomes diverse perspectives and allows for deeper truths and creative possibilities to emerge.  Marilou’s commitment lies in honoring community wisdom, fostering genuine relationships, and amplifying the voices of those whose stories have gone untold.

Marilou is the founder of The Ahnung Way and serves on the Leadership Circle of the non-profit Four Winds Connections where a large part of her work focuses on supporting and building out the Minnesota Pet Coalition whose mission is to break the cycle of abuse and eliminate barriers that prevent individuals from seeking safety by providing respite fostering care for pets of victim-survivors. She has been facilitating learning and practice circles at phData, a technology company since 2021 in the areas of Leadership, Communication, Mindfulness, and DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging).  She is a founding member of Deep Listening for Social Change/DLSC a peaceful action group that was formed by members of the Twin Cities BIPOC mindfulness community in response to the murder of George Floyd in 2020. 

Marilou lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and shares her home with her 3 beautiful dogs Legacy, Ishkode and Migizi.