{"id":2,"date":"2017-07-07T01:59:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T01:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-07-03T22:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T02:20:22","slug":"about-nika","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/about-nika\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT NIKA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37b96d2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37b96d2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-68ff7ee5\" data-id=\"68ff7ee5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-424cd816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"424cd816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.7 - 03-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MEET NIKA<\/h1>\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-448db0f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"448db0f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dc1900\" data-id=\"5dc1900\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c98af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50c98af\" 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 - v3.6.7 - 03-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;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><img class=\"image-float\" src=\"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nika-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Nika Elugardo in front of brick building with mural; she's wearing a white top with a blue and white scarf\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.7rem; display: inline;\">PIONEERING ADVOCATE FOR OPPORTUNITY, PROSPERITY, AND JUSTICE<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Nika has over 25 years of experience\u00a0in community and economic development with public, private, and nonprofit leaders, especially in BIPOC communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Her college and graduate studies centered on urban planning, leadership studies, tax law, human rights, and corporate social responsibility and have bolstered her professional career helping nonprofit and business leaders work together to break injustice and open doors to opportunity. Centering grassroots and indigenous leaders as experts and guides, Nika has partnered to develop breakthrough models and collaboration in education, youth development and violence prevention, gender justice, and anti-trafficking in Boston and internationally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Nika\u2019s work experience, training as a lawyer and policy leader, progressive values, and passion position her as a bold, effective leader on Beacon Hill, where she now represents the\u00a0<a class=\"link-in-text-editor\" href=\"https:\/\/statisticalatlas.com\/state-lower-legislative-district\/Massachusetts\/15th-Suffolk-District\/Overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/statisticalatlas.com\/state-lower-legislative-district\/Massachusetts\/15th-Suffolk-District\/Overview&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1622065430513000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHut5m2_rJsSi_i6QQD-zrkioVBYg\">15th Suffolk District<\/a>, which includes Metro Boston communities of Brookline, Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill, and Roslindale. As a State Rep she continues her mission to expand the power and voice of people historically marginalized from incarcerated activists, to public housing residents, to immigrant and BIPOC leaders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"link-in-text-editor\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Full-up-Bio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Nika&#8217;s Full Bio<\/a>. |\u00a0Read Nika&#8217;s update, &#8220;<a class=\"link-in-text-editor\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/dear-neighbor-my-name-nika-elugardo\/\">Dear Neighbor, My Name is Nika Elugardo<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEET NIKA PIONEERING ADVOCATE FOR OPPORTUNITY, PROSPERITY, AND JUSTICE Nika has over 25 years of experience\u00a0in community and economic development with public, private, and nonprofit leaders, especially in BIPOC communities. Her college and graduate studies centered on urban planning, leadership studies, tax law, human rights, and corporate social responsibility and have bolstered her professional career &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/about-nika\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ABOUT NIKA<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5137,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/5137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}