{"id":793,"date":"2025-05-22T14:55:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceraise.academy\/pasteditions\/2025\/?post_type=people&#038;p=793"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:55:36","slug":"luca-girardo","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/spaceraise.academy\/pasteditions\/2025\/speaker\/luca-girardo\/","title":{"rendered":"Luca Girardo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Luca Girardo<\/strong> holds a Master\u2019s degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich. 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