{"id":78,"date":"2026-02-10T21:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mlisgendraft\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-05-01T02:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:26:36","slug":"philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40743\/2026\/05\/joshpunch1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Photo of me<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi! As you probably know by now, my name is Joshua Punch. I am a student in cybersecurity with a dedicated work approach which I developed through my work and school experience and my increasing dedication to safeguarding systems and data. I have completed my associate&#8217;s degree in Cybersecurity from Tidewater Community College in 2025 and I now study Cybersecurity at Old Dominion University to earn my bachelor&#8217;s degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I handle full-time car sales work during also attending school full time which has demanded balanced study and work time. The experience shows me how to manage time while handling multiple responsibilities which has improved my adaptability and communication abilities while enabling me to work effectively in high-stress situations that are essential for cybersecurity work. My sales work allows me to develop skills which help me build trust with customers while I explain difficult topics in an understandable way and manage myself during busy work times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I dedicate my studies to acquiring essential networking skills together with security fundamentals and threat analysis and system protection methods. I want to learn more about attack methods and the ways organizations can defend themselves through better security measures and ongoing security development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I show my motivation through careful attention to detail while I maintain my desire to learn new things. The e-portfolio demonstrates my academic achievements and my developing technical abilities and my professional transition into cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fun facts not related to school or work:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>I am a black diamond (level 2) certified snowboard instructor. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I have fully rebuilt a car engine in a span of 48 hours.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I participate in autocross (vehicle motorsport) as well as motocross (motorcycles) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo of me Hi! As you probably know by now, my name is Joshua Punch. I am a student in cybersecurity with a dedicated work approach which I developed through my work and school experience and my increasing dedication to safeguarding systems and data. I have completed my associate&#8217;s degree in Cybersecurity from Tidewater Community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32120,"featured_media":176,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/joshuapuncheportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}