{"id":28755,"date":"2017-12-19T16:38:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T21:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2017\/12\/19\/16985\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:16:40","slug":"16985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/12\/19\/16985\/","title":{"rendered":"#facesofnecc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16986\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2017\/12\/Maria-Alejandra-Chandler-facesofnecc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16986\" class=\"wp-image-16986 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2017\/12\/Maria-Alejandra-Chandler-facesofnecc-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Alejandro Chandler\/ Journalism<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;I&#8217;m from Colombia. 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