{"id":19,"date":"2024-10-09T01:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T01:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:24:24","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/author1\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/author1.bmp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/author2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"974\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/author2.bmp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I began my career as a schoolteacher then a school principal. In my career, my first love is working with children. I always found joy in listening to their stories and having heart to heart conversations. Not just telling them but showing them that I cared and supported them was a priority for me. Making a positive impact on their learning was important. Work hard and celebrate success made learning fun for everyone. The memories will live forever.<\/p>\n<p>After I retired, I began writing children\u2019s books and poetry. I always wanted to learn to play piano. I began my first try at playing the piano and it is still an ongoing learning journey. I love life, family, friends and pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I began my career as a schoolteacher then a school principal. In my career, my first love is working with children. I always found joy in listening to their stories and having heart to heart conversations. Not just telling them but showing them that I cared and supported them was a priority for me. Making<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/about-the-author\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ABOUT THE AUTHOR&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/829412\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}