{"id":371,"date":"2022-10-17T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kybeleworldwide.org\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2023-02-15T16:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:54:15","slug":"our-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kybeleworldwide.org\/about-us\/our-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"371\" class=\"elementor elementor-371\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-682c4861 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"682c4861\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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