Martha Umana (Dr.)
AIA for Educator
USA
Dr. Martha Umana is an educator, AI strategist, and parent coach with 20+ years of experience. Founder of AIA for Educator, she helps teachers and families prepare kids for a tech-driven world without losing human connection. She trains educators globally and co-authors parenting guides that build skills like empathy, resilience, and critical thinking.
Featured: Global Skills Start at Home: How Teachers and Parents Build Future-Ready Kids
25/07/2025 12:00 UTC
In a changing world shaped by AI and uncertainty, the most essential skills remain deeply human: empathy, creativity, adaptability, and critical thinking. This session explores how these global capabilities are nurtured in classrooms and through quiet, steady partnerships between parents and teachers. With research-backed insights and grounded examples, we’ll reflect on how to support future-ready learners together by building compassionate, collaborative ecosystems from the earliest years onward.
Key takeaways:
Global competencies like empathy, creativity, and contextual reasoning are developmental and must be intentionally cultivated from K through 12.
Home–school collaboration is essential: Parents and teachers who model and reinforce these skills together dramatically increase student success.
The rise of AI makes human capabilities even more valuable; educators must prioritize teaching what technology cannot replicate.