{"id":913,"date":"2024-06-07T05:58:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T05:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qpulse.tech\/langston\/?page_id=913"},"modified":"2025-12-02T05:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:23:45","slug":"leon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qpulse.tech\/langston\/featured-alumni\/leon\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Watkins"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"913\" class=\"elementor elementor-913\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebb7472 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ebb7472\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f35f93f elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-page-title\" data-id=\"f35f93f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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Watkins\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b87af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48b87af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-094c19c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"094c19c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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 decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/qpulse.tech\/langston\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Leon-Watkins-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1334\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qpulse.tech\/langston\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Leon-Watkins-1.webp 336w, https:\/\/qpulse.tech\/langston\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Leon-Watkins-1-257x300.webp 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" 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