{"id":12,"date":"2026-04-21T19:56:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/student.trailblazerlab.org\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:16:52","slug":"about-trailblazer-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/student.trailblazerlab.org\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About TRAILblazer LAB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">What Were All About <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/student.trailblazerlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/unnamed-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4993462153130903;width:436px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/student.trailblazerlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/unnamed-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/student.trailblazerlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/unnamed-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/student.trailblazerlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/unnamed-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/student.trailblazerlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/unnamed-1.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The TRAILblazer Lab focuses on research, design and innovation in education and technology. 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