{"id":5511,"date":"2026-05-14T11:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=profiles&#038;p=5511"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:27:17","slug":"jalen-ridgeway","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/profiles\/jalen-ridgeway\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Ridgeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Ridgeway-Jalen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5433\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Ridgeway-Jalen.png 1800w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Ridgeway-Jalen-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Ridgeway-Jalen-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Ridgeway-Jalen-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Ridgeway-Jalen-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Ridgeway-Jalen-1536x1536.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Hometown<\/strong>: Bridgeton, New Jersey<br><strong>Website<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jalen-ridgeway-059394233\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jalen-ridgeway-059394233<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Jalen Ridgeway, an undergrad student-athlete at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, studying Exercise Science with a Clinical Concentration. From Bridgeton, New Jersey, born and raised Native American. The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape is a state-recognized tribe that once inhabited the Eastern Shore. Volunteering in countless community events and Pow-Wows, the community is a big part of my life. A part of the UMES Kinesiology Club, conducting research within the Department of Physics about Radiation Modified Polymer nanocomposites for space vehicles for the University of Maryland NASA&#8217;s Artemis Dream Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5433,"template":"","profile_category":[25],"class_list":["post-5511","profiles","type-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-2026-interns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profiles"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5526,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5511\/revisions\/5526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profile_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_category?post=5511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}