{"id":217,"date":"2025-04-25T15:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/neurograd\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:15:00","slug":"alejandra-ortiz-correa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/neurograd\/alejandra-ortiz-correa\/","title":{"rendered":"Alejandra Ortiz Correa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"217\" class=\"elementor elementor-217\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ef2ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55ef2ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e12fa7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e12fa7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76f2f2f 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