{"id":16,"date":"2020-05-07T07:10:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T07:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmbourgeois.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T20:36:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:36:10","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dmbourgeois.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16\" class=\"elementor elementor-16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-868ee6f elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"868ee6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet D. M. Bourgeois\u00a0<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7de095 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7de095\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Born in New Orleans, LA, D. M. Bourgeois now resides in Crown Point, Louisiana, with her husband, Glenn. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Nicholls State University in Thibodeaux, Louisiana, where she graduated Cum Laude in Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in English and Humanities.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Bourgeois loves to read and is a member of several book clubs. She enjoys listening to music and spending time with family and friends. 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M. Bourgeois\u00a0 Born in New Orleans, LA, D. M. Bourgeois now resides in Crown Point, Louisiana, with her husband, Glenn. 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