{"id":14060,"date":"2026-03-18T11:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/?page_id=14060"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:09:40","slug":"member-highlights-garrett-garcia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/member-highlights-garrett-garcia\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Highlights | Garrett Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Celebrating TAICEP\u2019s Growing Global Community<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>TAICEP is thrilled to welcome the newest members of our global community! As we continue to grow, we celebrate the fresh perspectives and expertise that newcomers bring to the field of international credential evaluation. Join us in getting to know the professionals who are shaping the future of our industry and strengthening the TAICEP network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name: <\/strong>Garrett Garcia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Garrett-Garcia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Cortlandt Manor, New York, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organization: <\/strong>International Education Evaluations, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>The place you currently call home: <\/strong>Sanford, Florida, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>What inspired you to join the TAICEP community?<\/strong> I&#8217;ve been a credential evaluator since 2019 and so I joined to become more immersed in this large and diverse industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s your favorite\/most useful thing about TAICEP so far?<\/strong> I enjoy having easy accessibility to subject-matter experts from regions all over who can provide their perspectives and knowledge to assist with the fulfillment of our work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you describe TAICEP in one word?<\/strong> Vast<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there anything else you want to share with the community about yourself?<\/strong> I was an English teacher in Istanbul for many years, so joining the international credential evaluation world felt like a great transition from teaching those pursuing credentials to evaluating those credentials for other pursuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating TAICEP\u2019s Growing Global Community TAICEP is thrilled to welcome the newest members of our global community! As we continue to grow, we celebrate the fresh perspectives and expertise that newcomers bring to the field of international credential evaluation. Join us in getting to know the professionals who are shaping the future of our industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1882,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"custom-joinus-template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pmpro_default_level":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-14060","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"pmpro-has-access"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1882"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14061,"href":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14060\/revisions\/14061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}