{"id":120,"date":"2026-09-06T16:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T16:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.odu.edu\/odupresentationtemplate\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:00:04","slug":"sample-page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi, my name is Barry Emanuel.  I&#8217;m a Navy Veteran (former Personnel Specialist) transitioning into Cyber Security.  I am pursuing a second bachelor&#8217;s at Old Dominion University with hopes to be finished by 2028. I&#8217;ve been interested in IT\/Cybersecurity for a long time, and this is the right time for me to make the pivot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I work full time, so I am balancing my studies with my 9-5 job and personal life.  I know this sacrifice will pay off as I finally get to pursue my career dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my time off, I enjoy traveling, home improvement, relaxing and learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"939\" height=\"1244\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41611\/2026\/09\/1000008945.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, my name is Barry Emanuel. I&#8217;m a Navy Veteran (former Personnel Specialist) transitioning into Cyber Security. I am pursuing a second bachelor&#8217;s at Old Dominion University with hopes to be finished by 2028. I&#8217;ve been interested in IT\/Cybersecurity for a long time, and this is the right time for me to make the pivot&#8230;. <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":32749,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32749"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barryemanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}