Alisha Shanti Chauhan is an impact consultant, educator, and biocultural restoration advocate specializing in Indigenous ecological knowledge, water and ocean conservation, environmental education, and community-led restoration. She is Founder and Impact Consultant at Ocean Story ACTS, where she develops partnerships, programs, and storytelling initiatives that support biocultural restoration and water justice. Her work brings together science, the arts, and Indigenous knowledge to strengthen restoration efforts, build community capacity, and advance conservation across watersheds and ocean ecosystems. She is also an Advisor to the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary Council and a Climatebase Fellow.

Alisha has more than 25 years of experience working across Canada, the Arctic, Hawaiʻi, and the Pacific with conservation organizations, government agencies, businesses, Indigenous leaders, and youth. Her previous roles include Strategic Partnerships & Engagement Manager at the Pacific Whale Foundation, Partnerships and Program Manager and Water Resources Specialist at Credit Valley Conservation, and Environmental Consultant with the Inuvialuit Joint Secretariat, where she worked on natural resources co-management and policy for ocean, water, land, and wildlife across Canada and the circumpolar Arctic. She has developed youth education and capacity-building programs, facilitated major conservation partnerships, supported clean water technology demonstrations, and represented Indigenous perspectives in policy and restoration initiatives. Her work centers on connecting ecological knowledge, cultural practice, education, and strategic partnerships to advance resilient and community-led approaches to environmental restoration.