Kamile Geist holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baylor University and a Master of Arts degree in Music Therapy from Texas Woman’s University.  She is a board certified music therapist and holds an all-level music education certification. As a music educator, she was a middle school band directorfor 3 year in Plano, Texas.  After receiving her Master's degree, Professor Geist joined the music therapy team in Plano Independent School District where she treated children with a variety of disabilities and consulted with special educators and music educators on how to teach children with disabilities in the music classroom.

In 2001, she founded North Dallas Music Therapy Services, based in Plano, Texas where she maintained a private practice, contracted with Highland Park and Frisco school districts in the Dallas area, presented on the topic of including students with special needs in the music classroom, and taught music therapy courses as Adjunct Professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Currently as Assistant Professor at Ohio University's Music Therapy Department, Professor Geist teaches graduate and undergraduate music therapy curriculum. Her research interests include music therapy treatment for children with autism, music therapy and speech therapy cotreatment strategies, and implications of music assisting children with logical thinking skills related to learning math.

She has been featured in Ohio University's online research publication Ohio University Outlook and research journal Perspectives, Spring/Summer 2006, on her work in music therapy cotreatment with hearing speech and language professor Dr. John McCarthy.