{"id":8797,"date":"2022-07-21T12:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T12:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testv26.demowebsitelinks.com\/harps\/?page_id=8797"},"modified":"2025-08-11T20:38:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:38:48","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/testv80.demowebsitelinks.com\/Deborah-E-Jones\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8797\" class=\"elementor elementor-8797\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46c13a3 wd-section-stretch elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46c13a3\" 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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f04648a animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"f04648a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\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-3cecb22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cecb22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/testv80.demowebsitelinks.com\/Deborah-E-Jones\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9795\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testv80.demowebsitelinks.com\/Deborah-E-Jones\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image001.jpg 480w, https:\/\/testv80.demowebsitelinks.com\/Deborah-E-Jones\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image001-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/testv80.demowebsitelinks.com\/Deborah-E-Jones\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image001-430x562.jpg 430w, https:\/\/testv80.demowebsitelinks.com\/Deborah-E-Jones\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image001-150x196.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e985f0 animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4e985f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\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-f998471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f998471\" 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\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8fbf0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8fbf0f\" 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\">Deborah E. Jones, \u201cDJ\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7362bc elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d7362bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\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\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-square-full\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26f81e7 color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26f81e7\" 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<p>Deborah E. Jones, fondly known as Dr. \u201cDJ,\u201d is a distinguished educator, executive coach, and leadership consultant with an inspiring 50-year career dedicated to transforming education. A native of Winston-Salem, NC, Dr. DJ began her lifelong journey in education by writing her first book, <strong><em>Teacher\u2019s Pet: Notes on Children, Teaching, and Learning<\/em>,<\/strong> as a senior at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1975.<\/p><p>She earned a B.S. in Physical Education at UNC Greensboro in 1975, a M.Ed. in 1982, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the same university. 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