{"id":409,"date":"2015-05-20T16:32:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T20:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/?p=409"},"modified":"2025-03-10T13:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:32:59","slug":"francesca-smita-soni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/francesca-smita-soni\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesca Smita Soni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"412\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/francesca-smita-soni\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Francesca-Smita-Soni.jpg?fit=250%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,197\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Francesca-Smita-Soni\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Francesca-Smita-Soni.jpg?fit=250%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Francesca-Smita-Soni.jpg?fit=250%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Francesca-Smita-Soni.jpg?resize=250%2C197\" alt=\"Francesca-Smita-Soni\" width=\"250\" height=\"197\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-412\" \/>I am a volunteer personality host &amp; script writer with York university&#8217;s radio station on their music show. In addition, I am pursuing all my interests (music, theatre, French, English, etc.) at University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a volunteer personality host &amp; script writer with York university&#8217;s radio station on their music show. 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