About Kamilah

 

Kamilah Mitchell is a founder, educator, and author committed to doing everything in life with meaning. She founded With Meaning, LLC in 2010 as a platform for inspiring purposeful change within communities. In 2018, following a cancer diagnosis the previous fall, she expanded the brand with Teas With Meaning. It was during time spent in Mount Shasta, California, that Kamilah began looking differently at the herbs around her and imagining what she could create with them. That experience became the foundation for Teas With Meaning and its intentionally handcrafted organic loose leaf tea blends.

Kamilah has worked in education since 2004. Her work has included teaching, curriculum development, professional development, consulting, facilitation, restorative justice, and community engagement. Whether working with young people, educators, organizations, or communities, Kamilah brings two decades of experience creating opportunities for people to learn from one another, build relationships, navigate conflict, and strengthen community. That work continues to influence the workshops, classroom engagements, community experiences, and intentional spaces created through Teas With Meaning.

At the heart of the With Meaning, LLC brand is intention, purpose, and wellness. Whatever Kamilah does professionally and personally is...with meaning. Kamilah is a fearless leader and doer and giver. Surviving a brain tumor and now cancer has shaped much of her life. Starting Teas With Meaning in the midst of such a diagnosis is a testament to her spirit and resilience.

A proud Ohio native, graduate of Tennessee State University, and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Kamilah has called Oakland home since 2013. Her experiences in education, entrepreneurship, community, and travel continue to shape both her work and the way she sees the world.

After surviving a brain tumor at 17 and later being diagnosed with uterine cancer, Kamilah understands that life does not always unfold the way we imagine it will. Those experiences have deepened, rather than defined, the way she chooses to live. She is committed to living fully, creating intentionally, pouring into people and community, and leaving a positive impact wherever life takes her. For Kamilah, that means making sure that whatever she does, she does it with meaning.