{"id":25,"date":"2026-09-11T02:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-09-11T03:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T03:17:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inspired by Sista Joyce Francis&#8217; lifelong commitment to teaching and community, the foundation continues her legacy of skills training and mentorship<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"187\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/joyce-pic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sista Joy Francis was a devoted wife, mother, seamstress, Sunday school teacher, and community mentor in the Alexandria District of Clarendon, Jamaica. She used her knowledge and skills to help others learn, grow, and become more self-reliant. Through education, sewing, mentorship, and service to her community, she left a legacy that continues to inspire the work of the Sista Joy Francis Community Education Foundation today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by Sista Joyce Francis&#8217; lifelong commitment to teaching and community, the foundation continues her legacy of skills training and mentorship Our Story Sista Joy Francis was a devoted wife, mother, seamstress, Sunday school teacher, and community mentor in the Alexandria District of Clarendon, Jamaica. She used her knowledge and skills to help others learn, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistajoy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}