{"id":28,"date":"2025-12-22T19:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:41:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28\" class=\"elementor elementor-28\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa57b63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa57b63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382306e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"382306e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6842741 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6842741\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70158ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70158ef\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fd8371 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fd8371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Dr. Melita Jordan Thomas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2069c49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2069c49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea8ce9b animated-slow elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea8ce9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1747.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-681\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1747.jpeg 381w, https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1747-245x300.jpeg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/>\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 class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd614a0 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cd614a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96e339e e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"96e339e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-692007c elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"692007c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Melita Jordan Thomas is a veteran educator, leader, and storyteller who has spent decades serving students, mentoring staff, and advocating for equity in education. 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