{"id":6187,"date":"2026-04-01T15:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/?p=6187"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:22:18","slug":"connor-navarro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/2026\/04\/01\/connor-navarro\/","title":{"rendered":"Connor Navarro &#8217;27 put his education  to use in his first short film"},"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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