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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ronalda_Grant_300-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kim_Grimes_11-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Katelyn_Harrison_72-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Abby_Hines_300-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Cathleen_Hoel_240-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Rebecca_Holappa_300-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jody_Howard_edited.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Rachel_Hunter_300-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kathy_Ivie_300-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Laura_Lim_300-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexis_Major_72-DPI-1.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Elizabeth_Manning_300-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Monica_Manolas_240-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ashleigh_McWilliams_300-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Paula-Marie_Mensah_edited.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ma-Ikay_Miatudila_edited.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Katie_Myers_72-DPI.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ann_Orth_300-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Wendy_Parliament_144-DPI.png</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Esmeralda_Perales_150-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jenna-Lee_Perry_300DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Sydney_Pokorny_240-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Susan_Popinchalk_72-DPI.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:loc>https://themanufacturinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Cantu_Leslie_72-DPI-edited.jpg</image:loc>
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