{"id":67,"date":"2020-04-13T11:18:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T11:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ejy.qbb.mybluehost.me\/about\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T03:33:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T03:33:54","slug":"aboutgillian-pugmed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gillianmathews.com\/pugmed\/aboutgillian-pugmed\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"67\" class=\"elementor elementor-67\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5131a13e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1053ca7a\" data-id=\"1053ca7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d99e122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d99e122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Gillian<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40177ae0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40177ae0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2828f573\" data-id=\"2828f573\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-938f5c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"938f5c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gillianmathews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/White-Coat-273x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-772\" alt=\"Gillian\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gillianmathews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/White-Coat-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/gillianmathews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/White-Coat.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48096891\" data-id=\"48096891\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ce5982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ce5982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey guys! My name is Gillian Mathews. I am a fourth year medical student who is passion about physiatry, helping others in their medical journey &amp; wellness in medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I started this blog because <strong>there&#8217;s so much I wish I knew before I started my medical journey&nbsp;<\/strong>and I want to pass down the knowledge I&#8217;ve acquired during my pre-med journey. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The road to getting into medicine is hard but if I can at least make it a bit easier for you&#8230; this blog would be completely worth it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are so many people that are gonna tell you that you can&#8217;t get into medical school or to give up. <strong>I&#8217;m here to tell you that you can do it and I want to help.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to be the perfect to get to become a doctor.&nbsp;<strong>All you need is passion, discipline, and the right mentor.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ffccbb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ffccbb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-944f7dd\" data-id=\"944f7dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6596b77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6596b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 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