{"id":28108,"date":"2021-10-13T15:38:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T15:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redesign.interstride.com\/?page_id=28108"},"modified":"2024-07-30T15:25:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T15:25:32","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/interstride.com\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28108\" class=\"elementor elementor-28108\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f39c69d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f39c69d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c78a063 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c78a063\" 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<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Success beyond boundaries<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c31f29 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c31f29\" 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\tAt Interstride, our mission is to close the opportunity gap for international students. 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