{"id":41137,"date":"2026-09-28T05:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/?page_id=41137"},"modified":"2026-09-28T05:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:59:24","slug":"about-ancestrina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/en\/about-ancestrina\/","title":{"rendered":"About Ancestrina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"product\"><div class=\"product\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"41137\" class=\"elementor elementor-41137 elementor-39595\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc5c855f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bc5c855f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd674bd2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd674bd2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-739a881a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"739a881a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ancestrina: a shared therapeutic practice<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb5f829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fb5f829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ancestrina is a therapeutic practice founded and sustained by Marcela G\u00f3mez and V\u00edctor Silva.<\/p><p>We accompany individuals and couples, each drawing on our own experience and training, within a shared practice of listening, study and therapeutic work.<\/p><p>Alongside that work, we develop conversations, content and other initiatives that allow us to keep thinking through questions that arise in relationships, decisions and human experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4536930 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d4536930\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6afd98a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6afd98a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pareja-conversacion-victor-marcela-1600-1440x1080.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-41132\" alt=\"Marcela G\u00f3mez and V\u00edctor Silva smiling and talking in two gray chairs, with books behind them.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pareja-conversacion-victor-marcela-1600-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pareja-conversacion-victor-marcela-1600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pareja-conversacion-victor-marcela-1600-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pareja-conversacion-victor-marcela-1600.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13872300 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13872300\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0004b40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0004b40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The people behind Ancestrina<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3c48dec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3c48dec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two distinct paths come together in one practice at Ancestrina.<\/p><p>We share the therapeutic work, the study and the ongoing review of how we accompany people, while retaining the differences between our paths and the work each of us develops.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8cb6d0e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8cb6d0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fbe1c4d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0fbe1c4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c906b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b3c906b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-terapia-individual-marcela-720x1080.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-41133\" alt=\"Portrait of Marcela G\u00f3mez, therapist and cofounder of Ancestrina.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-terapia-individual-marcela-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-terapia-individual-marcela-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-terapia-individual-marcela-600x901.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-terapia-individual-marcela.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d982ead9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d982ead9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marcela G\u00f3mez<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac3aec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fac3aec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marcela G\u00f3mez is a therapist and cofounder of Ancestrina.<\/p><p>She sustains the project\u2019s therapeutic work and participates in the processes we accompany, bringing her own path, training and way of practising.<\/p><p>She also participates in the clinical application of MAT and contributes to its practical development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5b1729d elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a5b1729d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/en\/marcela-gomez\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Meet Marcela G\u00f3mez \u2192<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c834b0e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c834b0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c9f843e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c9f843e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-terapia-individual-victor-810x1080.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-41134\" alt=\"Portrait of V\u00edctor Silva, therapist and cofounder of Ancestrina.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-terapia-individual-victor-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-terapia-individual-victor-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-terapia-individual-victor-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-terapia-individual-victor.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57764560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57764560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">V\u00edctor Silva<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa955f9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa955f9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>V\u00edctor Silva is a therapist and cofounder of Ancestrina.<\/p><p>Alongside his therapeutic work, he develops part of the project\u2019s clinical and editorial work. He created MAT and has written two books about Rap\u00e9 and ancestral medicines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3aba100 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f3aba100\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/en\/victor-silva\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Meet V\u00edctor Silva \u2192<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8202c09 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f8202c09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f47718e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f47718e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What connects our work<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6003f553 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6003f553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Different ways of working coexist at Ancestrina, guided by a shared disposition: to pause before reaching a conclusion, attend to the specific conditions of each situation and revisit the explanations we form about what we live through.<\/p><p>Therapy, study, clinical development and content serve different purposes and have different scopes.<\/p><p>A therapeutic process calls for a particular encounter with a person or a couple. An article, a conversation or a book can open questions, develop an idea or help someone see a situation from another angle.<\/p><p>That distinction matters. So does the continuity between these forms of work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-201b3a5a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"201b3a5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01e22710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01e22710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MAT: a clinical approach in development<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04d30952 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04d30952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MAT is a clinical approach in development for understanding how a person organizes their experience, how they participate in what they are living through and what real possibilities for change exist within their specific circumstances.<\/p><p>V\u00edctor Silva created MAT.<\/p><p>Marcela G\u00f3mez participates in its clinical application and contributes to its practical development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aa72cfb elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6aa72cfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/en\/mat\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn about MAT \u2192<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe251caf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe251caf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-377998d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"377998d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thinking, writing and talking<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c5d414d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c5d414d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ancestrina also develops content about relationships and some of the questions that arise in everyday life.<\/p><p>In our articles, videos and conversations, we explore communication, intimacy, trust, boundaries, decisions and couple relationships.<\/p><p>V\u00edctor Silva\u2019s published books are part of this editorial work from another area: Rap\u00e9 and ancestral medicines.<\/p><p>Each format makes something different possible. A conversation can help someone recognize a question. A text can offer time to sit with it. A book can accompany a longer reflection.<\/p><p>Our intention is to offer places from which someone can better understand what they are living through and decide how they want to continue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e30b6cf4 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e30b6cf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.ancestrina.com\/en\/blog\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Explore resources \u2192<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee65d98 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ee65d98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94ca4816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"94ca4816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"raiz-ancestral\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feb5fbe0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"feb5fbe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A history with ancestral roots<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d5b8565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d5b8565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The ancestral dimension is part of Ancestrina\u2019s history.<\/p><p>Work involving Rap\u00e9 and ancestral medicines has been part of that path and continues to have its own place within the project, alongside content and books related to those experiences.<\/p><p>Today, those roots coexist with a broader therapeutic practice and the development of other ways of thinking and accompanying 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