{"id":6181,"date":"2026-04-01T15:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/?p=6181"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:48:17","slug":"amber-medlen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/2026\/04\/01\/amber-medlen\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific made Amber Medlen &#8217;27 feel at home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Admitted to Pacific? 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