{"id":13,"date":"2015-03-27T02:21:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T06:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/134.74.15.28\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-10-10T16:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:01:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13\" class=\"elementor elementor-13\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f302335 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f302335\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2e181 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2d2e181\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"position: relative;width: 100vw;max-width: 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29021e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29021e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8287c8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8287c8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where We Began <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99dbd98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99dbd98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In June 2010, the City University of New York 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