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Achieving significant weight loss and\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-01T16:15:33-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/01\/2025-4:15pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"While working on personal training, Damon Jones started working for Uber and loved the flexibility it offered, allowing him to spend more time at home, pursue his passion and enroll in the healthy lifestyles and fitness science degree program at the College of Health Solutions through ASU Online.","teaser":"After spending years in the semiconductor industry, Damon Jones faced an unexpected career shift. 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He came alone, the only one of his four siblings eligible for a visa.Gill had dreams for sure; he had begun film school in his native Pakistan but put\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-01T16:12:28-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/01\/2025-4:12pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Originally from Lahore, Pakistan, Simon Gill is graduating from Arizona State University this fall with a Bachelor of Arts in film (film and media studies) that he earned online. He said the flexibility and admissions support he received from from the university made all the difference.","teaser":"When Simon Gill first arrived in the U.S. in 2016, he wasn\u2019t thinking about making art.At the time, the then-26-year-old was focused on survival. 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