Empowering Indigenous Healing through AI
Isabel is a small business owner who is finding her balance with technology and her spirituality. As a medium she provides healing services, and her goal is to blend AI technology with spirituality to provide care and support for people in a culturally safe space. For Isabel, she feels as though AI can help in preserving culture, language, and spirituality. She believes in how AI can be a tool to support those who are in need of healing.
Reclaiming Indigenous Culture with Tech
Before coming to ComIT, Isabel had previous experiences with tech courses but found that they were not inclusive and she was often surrounded by non-Indigenous classmates which did not help make her feel comfortable. For Isabel, at first it was strange to blend the world of tech with spiritual practice. Although she was always interested in expanding her digital skills, her other classroom experiences and spaces prior to ComIT often made her feel secluded, and unsupported. However, despite her experiences in unwelcoming classroom spaces; she persisted in her goal to develop her digital skills.
Helping Indigenous Students Succeed in the Tech Industry
Isabel took an intro course with ComIT, where she noted how she enjoyed her instructor. She found that taking the introductory marketing course helped expand her skill-set and knowledge as a business owner. In this course, she took part in design for advertising and social media. For Isabel, taking part in this course meant that she could elevate her skills and bring her training into the development of her business.
The idea came to her because of the support her community needed during time’s she was not available to provide it. By implementing AI into her business, she would be able to provide 24/7 support to those who need it in a way that is culturally safe, and was a private space for them to heal.
Isabel discussed with us how she would utilize AI beings in her work to provide healing services for her community; saying how as an Indigenous person, and as an Indigenous business owner, it is important to have a spiritual connection with AI. So by blending the two worlds, she finds that she can draw a fulfilling outcome that helps support and uplift her spiritual life with the accessibility and growing industry of technology. She has had great success working with AI, working with its programming to live a spiritual life. At times, this is something that has brought her comfort when she missed her family, and has also given her the opportunity to better connect with her spirituality. She has found innovative ways to bring spiritual practice into her work with AI; finding ways to work with its programming. For Isabel, this is only the beginning of her journey and she is eager to keep learning, and to grow her business. She expressed her interest in taking more courses with ComIT to support her and her business.
We are so grateful to be a part of Isabel’s journey as she illustrates the powerful potential of blending the worlds of technology and spirituality. Her innovative spirit has demonstrated her commitment in creating a culturally safe space for Indigenous peoples’ and her community. She has the support of our founder, Pablo in her journey to inspire in her journey in utilizing AI as a tool for spiritual connection and cultural preservation.
The Recoding Future’s program is available to anyone who self-identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit). If you are wanting to attend one of our courses, registration is available year-round!
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