Ai Mi Xia (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, technologist and storyteller. She healed from a chronic illness in 2021 through meditation, which greatly impacted her perspective on what is possible and how to create external change from internal shifts. Ai's work revolves around building communities around spirituality, mental and physical health, connecting spirit and nature, and creating interactive social experiences that change behavior. She is the founder and creative director of EMERGNT, a game and XR design studio focused on creating experiences for social impact.