Born among Colorado’s mountains and shaped by Hawaii’s ocean breeze, Jillian Gold has always sought connection—between nature, children, and community. Her path led her from caring for traveling families and supporting a coffee start-up, to raising two daughters of her own and pursuing Early Childhood Education. In Honolulu, she led the Waldorf Parent-Child program for five years and taught inclusion and empathy to grade school children through the Roots of Empathy initiative. She later founded Tending to Tots, blending her love of nature and child development on a family farm.

Though the sea shaped her, the mountains called her home. Now back in Colorado, Jillian pours her heart into family, creativity, and the quiet ritual of tea. Whether through her work with children or her presence at The Tea Hive, she shares the same values: warmth, care, and the simple magic of connection.