{"id":23,"date":"2026-02-28T17:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:16:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:16:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"977\" title=\"Mary Ngikadelio_b\" src=\"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mary-Ngikadelio_b.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mary-Ngikadelio_b-200x244.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mary-Ngikadelio_b-400x489.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mary-Ngikadelio_b-600x733.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mary-Ngikadelio_b.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"703\">Mary Ngikadelio is the founder of Chorogascar Diaries. Born and raised in Turkana, she is a native speaker of Ng\u2019aturkana and is also fluent in Swahili and English, with working knowledge of German. She holds a Master\u2019s degree in Development Studies from Theologische Hochschule Friedensau University in Germany and brings over ten years of extensive fieldwork experience throughout Turkana County.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"1032\">Mary\u2019s deep cultural knowledge, linguistic ability, and practical field experience uniquely qualify her as a translator, interpreter, cultural guide, and field consultant. She possesses an intimate understanding of Turkana\u2019s land, traditions, and communities, enabling her to facilitate meaningful communication and engagement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1346\">As a consultant, interpreter, or guide, Mary is known for her professionalism, reliability, and cultural sensitivity. Through Chorogascars Diaries, she offers a valuable combination of local insight, language expertise, and field experience to support researchers, organizations, and visitors working in Turkana.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chorogascar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}