{"id":450,"date":"2022-10-05T01:21:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T01:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/jlconnole1\/?page_id=450"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:40:59","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/jlconnole1\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/catamountsports.com\/images\/2022\/9\/1\/Connole_headshot_1.jpg?width=300\" alt=\"Jessica Connole headshot\" \/><strong>Jessica Connole:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To me, a challenge is the best form of motivation because of the hard work and satisfaction that comes from completing a difficult task. Mechanical engineering falls right into this description. The perfect combination of logic, math, and creativity is what makes the field so appealing and why I am choosing to further my education and career on this path. Outside of academics, I also love to challenge myself physically as I am on the WCU cross-country and track team, and enjoy any type of outdoor activity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jessicaconnole\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jessicaconnole\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1932,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-450","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/jlconnole1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/jlconnole1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/jlconnole1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/jlconnole1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/jlconnole1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/jlconnole1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/jlconnole1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/450\/revisions\/526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/jlconnole1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}