{"id":315,"date":"2025-04-12T18:25:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T18:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jtayl108\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2026-08-01T17:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:04:30","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jtayl108\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi, I&#8217;m <strong>Joseph Robert Taylor<\/strong>, but most people call me <strong>Joe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hold a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in <strong>Cybercrime<\/strong> from <strong>Old Dominion University<\/strong> (Class of May 2025). 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