{"id":161,"date":"2025-03-04T18:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/99th\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:34:14","slug":"munoz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/munoz\/","title":{"rendered":"Mu\u00f1oz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benjamin Mu\u00f1oz<br><em>Semifinalist<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/awagami.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/awagami.com\/\">Awagami Paper<\/a> Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pgc-sgb-cb wp-block-pgcsimplygalleryblock-justified \" data-gallery-id=\"92908542\"><div class=\"sgb-preloader\" id=\"pr_92908542\">\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div 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