In this week's episode, we sit down with renowned educator, writer, and wellness advocate Jamilah Pitts to explore her deeply personal and professional journey. Jamilah shares her formative upbringing in Columbus, Ohio, and how attending Spelman College profoundly shaped her identity and purpose as a liberatory educator. She reflects on the challenges and triumphs of her first year of teaching in Boston, her transformative experiences teaching abroad in the Dominican Republic and living in India, and what it means to navigate educational leadership as a Black woman.
Jamilah opens up about the courageous decision to leave the traditional K-12 space to prioritize her mental health and well-being, and how that choice led her to discover the healing power of yoga. Now the founder of She, Imprints, Jamilah is channeling her energy into creating intentional spaces for healing, restoration, and wellness for women and girls of the global majority. To learn more about Jamilah's work, you can visit her website at jamilahpitts.com or follow her on Instagram (@msjamilahpitts) and LinkedIn.
BIO: Jamilah Pitts is an author, educator, social entrepreneur, and wellness educator whose work centers the liberation, healing and holistic development of communities of the Global majority. Jamilah has worked and served in various roles and spaces to promote racial justice and healing. Jamilah has served as a teacher, coach, dean, and as an Assistant principal. She has worked in domestic and international educational spaces, including Massachusetts, New York, the Dominican Republic, China and in India.As the Founder and CEO of Jamilah Pitts Consulting, Jamilah partners with schools, communities, universities and organizations to advance the work of racial, social and intersectional justice. Jamilah is also the Founder of She, Imprints, an organization serving at the intersection of wellness and justice for women and girls of the Global Majority.Jamilah’s written work has appeared in the Huffington Post, Learning for Justice, and Edweek. She has presented to audiences of thousands of educators both within the United States and internationally. Jamilah is certified as a Yoga Teacher, Reiki Practitioner, Omnoire Retreat Facilitator, and is certified as a Trauma - Conscious Yoga guide. Jamilah is a proud alumna of Spelman College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English. Jamilah also pursued graduate studies at Boston College where she earned a Masters of Education, and Teachers College, Columbia University. Jamilah is the author of Toward Liberation: Educational Practices Rooted in Activism, Healing and Love (Beacon Press, 2023).
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