For over fifteen years, Chantilly Mers has been leading, organizing, and facilitating healing-centered community and programming as an Indigenous Pasifika pastor, keeper and teacher of Circle. Trained in the Art of Hosting (AoH), now a regional AoH steward (New York City), she is passionate and experienced in designing participatory processes, collaborative learning environments, and team cultures that nurture communal belonging and care. Founder and Community Steward of The Kin-dom Collective, she is tending to the spiritual, emotional and relational work needed for healing, wholeness and social change. Among her greatest joys is being a mama to her two daughters. She finds restoration on her yoga mat and creativity in the kitchen making delicious meals for friends and family.