{"id":8,"date":"2025-10-07T18:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:14:15","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/78287EA0-576D-4C77-85CE-45B718828CCC-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73\" style=\"width:305px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/78287EA0-576D-4C77-85CE-45B718828CCC-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/marianalira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/78287EA0-576D-4C77-85CE-45B718828CCC-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/marianalira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/78287EA0-576D-4C77-85CE-45B718828CCC-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marianalira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/78287EA0-576D-4C77-85CE-45B718828CCC-300x375.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marianalira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/78287EA0-576D-4C77-85CE-45B718828CCC-850x1063.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/marianalira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/78287EA0-576D-4C77-85CE-45B718828CCC.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Hello! My name is Mariana. I am a proud first generation Mexican American student at the University of Mary Washington with a strong passion for environmental and social justice. I believe everyone deserves to have access to clean water, fresh air, green spaces, nutritious foods, as well as equal opportunities for education and employment. I have been able to combine these passions through academic and community involvement. As an Environmental Science major, I learn how Earth\u2019s systems work and how humans affect them. Beyond the classroom, I am involved in organizations such as UMW&#8217;s Latino Student Association and Multicultural Leadership Council, where I\u2019m able to advocate for minority communities both on campus and locally. Through these experiences, I hope to make meaningful changes to improve the human-environment connection, ensuring a sustainable future accessible to all.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! My name is Mariana. I am a proud first generation Mexican American student at the University of Mary Washington with a strong passion for environmental and social justice. I believe everyone deserves to have access to clean water, fresh air, green spaces, nutritious foods, as well as equal opportunities&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianalira.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}