{"id":627,"date":"2023-03-27T15:24:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrd.wpengine.com\/?post_type=personnel&#038;p=627"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:34:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:34:56","slug":"audrey-e-kitagawa-president-founder-international-academy-for-multicultural-cooperation-president-light-of-awareness-international-spiritual-family","status":"publish","type":"personnel","link":"https:\/\/icrd.org\/personnel\/audrey-e-kitagawa-president-founder-international-academy-for-multicultural-cooperation-president-light-of-awareness-international-spiritual-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Audrey E. 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