{"id":295,"date":"2016-05-05T16:10:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T16:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abcte.org\/blog\/?p=295"},"modified":"2017-01-13T19:26:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T19:26:32","slug":"meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet an American Board Alum: Lauren Forste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The American Board has certified over 6,000 teachers across the country in the last decade. With so many educators in the field holding an American Board certification, we thought we\u2019d check in on some of our alumni to hear their stories. Below is part one of our American Board Alumni series.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lauren-Forste-Headshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-297 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lauren-Forste-Headshot-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lauren Forste, American Board alumni\" width=\"259\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lauren-Forste-Headshot-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lauren-Forste-Headshot.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauren Forste, American Board alumni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Lauren Forste and her teacher husband relocated to a new town in Missouri, she decided to substitute teach at the same school district. This allowed the duo to keep similar schedules, making visits back home more feasible.<\/p>\n<p>As she began to sub, Lauren fell in love with teaching. \u201cI found that the more I subbed, the more I loved being at the school and seeing kids learn, especially in the elementary (grades),\u201d she said in an email to the American Board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt didn\u2019t take long for me to decide to switch careers and become an elementary teacher, but I had already graduated college with a degree in economics and with our family beginning to grow at the time, (the) money needed to go back to school for a teaching degree just wasn\u2019t going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when Lauren began searching for alternative routes to certification and found the American Board. \u201cIt was less money than going back to school <strong><em>and<\/em><\/strong> self-paced?! This was exactly what I needed. I did the <a href=\"https:\/\/newmypass.abcte.org\/mypass\/default\/registration.action;jsessionid=70FEBF4C2362F10CC1CCCBBD111A4264\" target=\"_blank\">week-long free trial<\/a> just to see what kind of material and practice I\u2019d be given and I wasn\u2019t disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lauren enrolled with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Board<\/a> in September of 2015 and gave herself the goal of earning her certification by January of 2016 in order to be ready for interviews when schools began posting openings in February.<\/p>\n<p>And? \u201cI\u2019m happy to say that I accomplished that goal and was offered a 4<sup>th<\/sup> grade position for the 2016-2017 school year! After telling all of my friends the good news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ABCTE\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, I got several messages asking how I had become certified so fast and I told them about ABCTE. And it gave my sister-in-law the extra encouragement she needed to pursue teaching as well being able to see that I could do it without having to go back to school,\u201d Lauren told us.<\/p>\n<p>Her three pieces of advice to those in the American Board program? \u201c<strong>One:<\/strong> substitute teach! Not only will you find out what grades or subjects you prefer before you sign up, but it will give you valuable experience being a lead teacher that you can take to interviews with you. <strong>Two:<\/strong> Use the practice quizzes and exams ABCTE gives you as much as you can \u2013 they are a great resource to utilize in preparing for your exams. And <strong>three:<\/strong> persevere! Keep at it! Put in the effort! It is all worth it when you get that offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you to Lauren Forste for that fantastic advice! If you are an alumnus of the American Board and want to share your story, drop us a line at<\/strong> <em><strong>blog@abcte.org<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet_Alumni_Lauren_F_Pinterest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet_Alumni_Lauren_F_Pinterest-408x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Meet_Alumni_Lauren_F_Pinterest\" width=\"408\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet_Alumni_Lauren_F_Pinterest-408x1024.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet_Alumni_Lauren_F_Pinterest-119x300.jpg 119w, https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet_Alumni_Lauren_F_Pinterest.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Board has certified over 6,000 teachers across the country in the last decade. With so many educators in the field holding an American Board certification, we thought we\u2019d check in on some of our alumni to hear their stories. Below is part one of our American Board Alumni series. When Lauren Forste and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-board-news","category-american-board-success-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet an American Board Alumni - Teacher Certification Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The American Board teacher certification program checked in with an alumni of the program for her perspective and experience with the program.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet an American Board Alumni - Teacher Certification Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The American Board teacher certification program checked in with an alumni of the program for her perspective and experience with the program.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Board Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abcte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-05T16:10:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-13T19:26:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The American Board\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@abcte\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@abcte\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The American Board\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The American Board\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/111c9d324634b340addd6b3643b91d68\"},\"headline\":\"Meet an American Board Alum: Lauren Forste\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-05T16:10:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-13T19:26:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":515,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"American Board News\",\"Success Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/\",\"name\":\"Meet an American Board Alumni - Teacher Certification Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-05T16:10:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-13T19:26:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"The American Board teacher certification program checked in with an alumni of the program for her perspective and experience with the program.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meet an American Board Alum: Lauren Forste\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"American Board Blog\",\"description\":\"Information about Teacher Certification\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Untitled-2_preview.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Untitled-2_preview.png\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/abcte\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/abcte\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/onlineteachercertification\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/americanboard\\\/overview\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCFiielm-EsM6RRvN0MGKd7Q\\\/videos\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/111c9d324634b340addd6b3643b91d68\",\"name\":\"The American Board\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/07b774bdba4e1a85bd0d51e257e5075391634716cb5296b0dd65a6e5f28e1b8f?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/07b774bdba4e1a85bd0d51e257e5075391634716cb5296b0dd65a6e5f28e1b8f?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/07b774bdba4e1a85bd0d51e257e5075391634716cb5296b0dd65a6e5f28e1b8f?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The American Board\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.abcte.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.americanboard.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/the-american-board\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meet an American Board Alumni - Teacher Certification Blog","description":"The American Board teacher certification program checked in with an alumni of the program for her perspective and experience with the program.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meet an American Board Alumni - Teacher Certification Blog","og_description":"The American Board teacher certification program checked in with an alumni of the program for her perspective and experience with the program.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/","og_site_name":"American Board Blog","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abcte","article_published_time":"2016-05-05T16:10:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-01-13T19:26:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"The American Board","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@abcte","twitter_site":"@abcte","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The American Board","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/"},"author":{"name":"The American Board","@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/111c9d324634b340addd6b3643b91d68"},"headline":"Meet an American Board Alum: Lauren Forste","datePublished":"2016-05-05T16:10:40+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-13T19:26:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/"},"wordCount":515,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg","articleSection":["American Board News","Success Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/","url":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/","name":"Meet an American Board Alumni - Teacher Certification Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg","datePublished":"2016-05-05T16:10:40+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-13T19:26:32+00:00","description":"The American Board teacher certification program checked in with an alumni of the program for her perspective and experience with the program.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg","width":600,"height":200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/meet-an-american-board-alumni-lauren-forste\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meet an American Board Alum: Lauren Forste"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/","name":"American Board Blog","description":"Information about Teacher Certification","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/#organization","name":"American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence","url":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Untitled-2_preview.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Untitled-2_preview.png","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abcte","https:\/\/x.com\/abcte","http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/onlineteachercertification","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/americanboard\/overview\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFiielm-EsM6RRvN0MGKd7Q\/videos"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/111c9d324634b340addd6b3643b91d68","name":"The American Board","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/07b774bdba4e1a85bd0d51e257e5075391634716cb5296b0dd65a6e5f28e1b8f?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/07b774bdba4e1a85bd0d51e257e5075391634716cb5296b0dd65a6e5f28e1b8f?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/07b774bdba4e1a85bd0d51e257e5075391634716cb5296b0dd65a6e5f28e1b8f?s=96&r=g","caption":"The American Board"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.abcte.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/author\/the-american-board\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meet-an-Alumni.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanboard.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}