{"id":119,"date":"2025-06-07T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2025-06-07T00:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T00:01:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/?page_id=119","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull superbthemes-navigation-004 has-custom-color-2-color has-custom-color-2-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8d49e3c9f0af85e67a4ce15c8717e713 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0ffa9a68 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;padding-top:20px;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-small);padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center 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https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20240825_124842-1-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20240825_124842-1-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-custom-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-superbfont-large-font-size wp-elements-07858704f625a61f6bb715867ca3da37\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0\">Who is Nat Peterson Lopes, you ask?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size wp-elements-00c67781cddd1d4ef94245c51a759579\">Hey there! I&#8217;m Nat Peterson Lopes! I&#8217;m currently a student at Belmont University pursuing a degree in Emerging Media with a minor in Video Production, set to graduate with honors in December 2025.<br><br>I discovered my passion for media during an unexpected time\u2014the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine. Using the alias &#8216;Nat Cyan,&#8217; I began creating short, lighthearted, and, if I may, mildly comedic videos about makeup, my favorite pieces of media, and cosplay. Little did 16-year-old me know how many doors those videos would open.<br><br>Since then, I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of interviewing YouTube comedian Thomas Sanders and voice actor Eric Cuevas, among many others. During my two years as a media student, I&#8217;ve collaborated with TEDx Nashville, produced and directed my first published music video in partnership with nonprofit Daybreak Arts, and contributed to podcasts including The Future of What, The Hope People, and re:Purpose.<br><br>My goal is to use storytelling to amplify marginalized voices. As a queer, non-binary person and child of an immigrant, highlighting underrepresented perspectives drives everything I do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide superbthemes-footer-001 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-feda7695 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--custom-color-6);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-small);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-medium);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-small)\"><h6 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color wp-elements-90a217ae16c74fe141c3d8a4c4fb2fa3 wp-block-site-title has-text-color has-custom-color-2-color has-superbfont-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"home\">Nat Peterson Lopes<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-custom-color-2-gradient-background has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-938f5026 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-xsmall);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-xsmall);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-xsmall);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-xsmall)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size wp-elements-941b8042a9f8bec1b0b9824178aaa57c\">Copyright \u00a9 2025 | WordPress Theme by <a href=\"http:\/\/superbthemes.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/superbthemes.com\/\">SuperbThemes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"about","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natpetersonlopes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}