Freeman Means Business

Camila Mize is passionate about emotions. She believes that emotional intelligence skills hold the key to unlocking our potential to be our best selves and increase the quality of our lives at work, at home and everywhere in between.

She currently serves as the Director of Customer Success at Oji Life Lab in San Francisco. Founded in 2018, Oji Life Lab is focused on helping adults gain essential soft skills like Emotional Intelligence and Decision-making and more. Her team consists of top scientists from Apple, Microsoft, Robert Half and Yale University. Camila caught the bug for emotional intelligence while an undergraduate when she worked as an assistant on Dr. Marc Brackett's early RULER research. After graduating from Fordham University with degrees in Economics and Psychology, Camila changed paths and enjoyed a decades-long career in working in finance. She was hired by world-renowned Economist, Bernard Connolly to launch a macroeconomic research firm in New York City. There, she worked with the world's top hedge fund managers, central bankers, and sovereign wealth fund managers. In New York, she nurtured her creative spirit by working as a performance artist which led to her being featured on Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett's Cheek to Cheek album artwork. In 2015, she returned to California and worked in private wealth management before transitioning back to her original passion: emotional intelligence. In addition to her work, she serves on the Alumni Board of St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco and is a dedicated beekeeper. She loves her rescue pups, hiking in the California redwoods and learning everything she can about the natural world. Her current obsession? Mycology.