{"id":23726,"date":"2021-06-18T14:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=23726"},"modified":"2023-06-21T10:08:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T17:08:54","slug":"23726","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/23726\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Maker: Aamira Wants To Be A Scientist!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Meet our newest Featured Maker, 3rd grader Aamira from Minnesota! She wants to be a scientist when she grows up because she likes doing experiments and building machines. And, she also likes to draw! 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