{"id":43283,"date":"2024-12-06T12:55:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T20:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=43283"},"modified":"2024-12-06T13:11:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T21:11:11","slug":"featured-maker-cember-wants-to-be-a-animator-or-an-ornithologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/featured-maker-cember-wants-to-be-a-animator-or-an-ornithologist\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Maker Cember Wants to be a Animator or an Ornithologist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019re thrilled to introduce our newest Featured Maker, <strong>12-year-old Cember from Olympia, Washington<\/strong>! Cember loves combining creativity with technology and has been coding amazing projects with Tynker. 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