{"id":100,"date":"2026-03-07T21:26:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electedmisten.com\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2026-03-15T19:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:31:32","slug":"about-sierra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/electedmisten.com\/?page_id=100","title":{"rendered":"About Sierra"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"100\" class=\"elementor elementor-100\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-880c85f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"880c85f\" 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-c599d0b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c599d0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb8b9b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb8b9b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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=\"768\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/electedmisten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ad05686e-4ffc-4592-9bcc-3c5efe03cb5a-1-768x1365.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-17\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electedmisten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ad05686e-4ffc-4592-9bcc-3c5efe03cb5a-1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/electedmisten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ad05686e-4ffc-4592-9bcc-3c5efe03cb5a-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/electedmisten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ad05686e-4ffc-4592-9bcc-3c5efe03cb5a-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/electedmisten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ad05686e-4ffc-4592-9bcc-3c5efe03cb5a-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/electedmisten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ad05686e-4ffc-4592-9bcc-3c5efe03cb5a-1-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/electedmisten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ad05686e-4ffc-4592-9bcc-3c5efe03cb5a-1.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a01213 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a01213\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-559059b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"559059b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46955a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"46955a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12eef3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12eef3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT SIERRA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b30c4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b30c4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of you already know my story because I have always seen the benefit of sharing my experiences with others to help them. 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