Kamil is an Afrolatina of Puerto Rican and Dominican heritage whose work connects pedagogy, design, and participatory research. She works across languages, cultures, and communities, and speaks Spanish, English, and Portuguese, using her multilingualism to build bridges through educational design and collaborative inquiry. As an autistic scholar and designer, she embraces neurodivergence as part of her creative method, shaping how she reads systems, imagines alternatives, and designs participatory learning environments that support collective meaning-making.

With two decades of experience designing, delivering, and evaluating high-impact learning experiences, Kamil most recently served as a Teaching Postdoctoral Scholar at Penn State University, where she designed learner-centered educational experiences and curricula grounded in evidence-based instructional design and adult learning principles. As Lead Designer for Penn State's Restorative Justice Initiative, she directed the instructional design of an experiential learning simulation from needs assessment through implementation — work that mirrors Selah's own commitment to restorative practice as an organizational discipline. Her background also includes participatory design work with the Philadelphia Penn State Center and a decade as a Popular Educator with La Nueva Escuela, designing experiential, game-based learning for diverse adult learner populations.

She earned her Ph.D. in Lifelong Learning and Adult Education, with a dual degree in Comparative and International Education, from Penn State University, and holds a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Puerto Rico. Her work is grounded in Popular Education, Participatory Research, Design-Based Learning, and Imaginative Praxis.