{"id":51,"name":"Eleni Papadaki-Van Der Merwe","url":"","description":"She was born in 1986 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is the granddaughter of an immigrant from Crete who settled in the Greek community of Johannesburg (one of the largest in Africa). She holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in International Relations and Political Science from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg and a master\u2019s degree in Journalism from Rhodes University in Grahamstown. She began her career at English-language media outlets in Johannesburg, covering politics and economics, with a focus on issues related to migration and the diaspora. She moved to Athens in 2015 to \u201creturn to her roots,\u201d initially to pursue graduate studies, and has remained there permanently. She is married to an Afrikaner; they have two children and live in the southern suburbs of Athens.","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/author\/epapadakisvdm\/","slug":"epapadakisvdm","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546a2380131e0623a4b215b47e61e37796a2fb3ccc430f030e7e3a5509606ab0?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546a2380131e0623a4b215b47e61e37796a2fb3ccc430f030e7e3a5509606ab0?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546a2380131e0623a4b215b47e61e37796a2fb3ccc430f030e7e3a5509606ab0?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}