{"id":27206,"date":"2022-10-06T16:57:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T21:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/?p=27206"},"modified":"2022-10-06T22:02:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T03:02:16","slug":"leader-in-action-miss-wright-is-happy-youre-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2022\/10\/leader-in-action-miss-wright-is-happy-youre-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Leader in Action: Miss Wright is happy you\u2019re here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Taylor Wright\u2019s UND training equips her to lead some of the toughest customers of all: Fifth-graders<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27209\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/taylor-wright-220909-lia-0285-story1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/taylor-wright-220909-lia-0285-story1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/taylor-wright-220909-lia-0285-story1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/taylor-wright-220909-lia-0285-story1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Having graduated from UND with a background in Elementary and Middle Level Education, Taylor Wright now is working full time as a fifth-grade teacher in Grand Forks. 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