Almarie Chalmers

Almarie Chalmers is a certified professional life coach, as well as Mario Chalmers’ proud mom. She’s the founder of Speak Life ( life- coaching for women), and the annual Speak Life With Word Luncheons, which offer exhortation to women, focusing on mothers and female cancer survivors. Almarie married her childhood sweetheart, Ronnie, and together raised their son, Mario, and a daughter, Roneka. Additionally, Almarie serves as Executive Director of the Mario V Chalmers Foundation, and helped develop Mario’s Closet, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. A 20-year veteran of the Anchorage(Alaska) School District, Almarie still finds time to work on her writing and attending her son’s game. Her first book is titled, “The Ball is in Your Court.”