MAKEBA GARRAWAY
The Value of Our Own Lived Experiences
Makeba shares how her experiences as a doctor gave her a wealth of skills as an unschooling parent.
Makeba Garraway (she/her) is a mixed heritage Black British mother to two always-unschooled children aged 13 and 10. Her neurodivergent family moved to California in 2019 and now live on Ohlone land in the Bay Area. A former medical doctor and university mental health advisor, she is now being drawn towards death work. She trained as a death doula in 2025 and is a local hospice volunteer. Makeba enjoys singing in two choirs, composing choral music, dipping in and out of various crafty pursuits, and being outdoors in the sunshine with her family and two dogs.
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