{"id":116305,"date":"2025-06-19T11:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/?post_type=ftm_person&#038;p=116305"},"modified":"2025-06-19T11:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:20:11","slug":"gal-winter","status":"publish","type":"ftm_person","link":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/people\/gal-winter","title":{"rendered":"Gal Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"f-block f-block--profile\">\n    <div class=\"container mx-auto f-block__inner\">\n        <div class=\"container grid grid-cols-4 px-5 pt-8 mx-auto sm:px-7 md:px-10 sm:pt-10 md:pt-12 gap-x-9 sm:grid-cols-6 md:grid-cols-8 lg:grid-cols-10 sm:grid-row-2 gap-y-2 md:gap-y-6\">\n\n            <!-- image and title -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full sm:col-span-4 md:col-span-6 lg:col-span-8\">\n\n                <div class=\"md:grid-cols-6 lg:grid-cols-8 md:grid md:gap-8 \">\n                    <div class=\"md:col-span-2\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gal-Winter-headshot.jpg?quality=75&amp;w=450&amp;h=450&amp;crop=1\" class=\"square-img profile-block__image w-full mb-8 md:mb-0 rounded-2xl lg:w-auto\" alt=\"A man with short dark hair and light stubble, wearing a suit jacket, shirt, and tie, poses against a plain, light-colored background.\" \/>                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"md:col-span-4 lg:col-span-6\">\n                        <div class=\"profile-block__person-type\">\n                            Contributor                        <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"profile-block__person-name\">\n                            Gal Winter                        <\/h1>\n                        <div class=\"profile-block__subtitle\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- classification -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full sm:col-span-2 md:row-span-2  \">\n                \n                            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- contact -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full md:col-span-2\">\n                <div class=\"font-semibold profile-block__subtext\">\n                    Contact\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"profile-block__email\">\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"profile-block__social-links\">\n                                                        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- bio -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full md:col-span-4 lg:col-span-5 xl:col-span-6 xmd:col-start-3 xlg:col-start-3 xxl:col-start-3\">\n                <div class=\"profile-block__bio\">\n                    <p>Gal Winter is a student at Columbia University studying computer science and economics. 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