{"id":13,"date":"2012-01-16T02:54:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T02:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debbiepetrina.authorsxpress.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2022-01-01T15:38:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T15:38:40","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Debbie Petrina is a Community Advocate for <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosis.net\/community\/experts\/debbie-petrina\">multiplesclerosis.net<\/a>. During the past four decades that Debbie lived with MS, she has spoken to thousands of persons affected by it\u2014in social media, as a trained peer counselor, and as a participant in numerous events for the NMSS, MS community and other institutions. She earned her B.S. in B.A. degree (\u201876) from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. Skills used from her early banking career in finance\/research, sales and management have been invaluable as she engaged herself with MS and its community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She enjoys traveling, reading, volunteering, and swimming. She lives in Glendale, Arizona, with her husband, Dennis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Learn more about Debbie Petrina at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.debbiems.com\">www.debbiems.com<\/a> &#8220;Meet Debbie&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debbie Petrina is a Community Advocate for multiplesclerosis.net. During the past four decades that Debbie lived with MS, she has spoken to thousands of persons affected by it\u2014in social media, as a trained peer counselor, and as a participant in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/?page_id=13\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}