{"id":62528,"date":"2014-10-30T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=62528"},"modified":"2019-03-31T10:19:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T14:19:50","slug":"service-ucf-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/service-ucf-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Service to UCF 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Melanie Fernandez flourished from an average UCF student simply trying to find her way, to a major force in the Central Florida business community and a huge part of UCF\u2019s success. 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