{"id":1100,"date":"2025-04-07T21:39:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T21:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/?page_id=1100"},"modified":"2025-04-10T17:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:34:05","slug":"from-siberia-to-st-kitts-a-teachers-journey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/from-siberia-to-st-kitts-a-teachers-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"From Siberia to St. Kitts: A Teacher&#8217;s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1100\" class=\"elementor elementor-1100\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48de1cbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48de1cbf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38d7269b\" data-id=\"38d7269b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38cc9961 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38cc9961\" data-element_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\">From Siberia to St. Kitts: A Teacher&#8217;s Journey<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a1e43ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a1e43ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71bf0bf1\" data-id=\"71bf0bf1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-af6767f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af6767f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-53bb7f43\" data-id=\"53bb7f43\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ef5e8ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ef5e8ac\" data-element_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\">Zenaida Katzen: Teacher Extraordinaire <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c9b31eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c9b31eb\" data-element_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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715a032 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"715a032\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>Born in Siberia, educated in Paris and tested by wars, revolutions and displacement, Madame Katzen\u2019s journey took her across continents. 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