{"id":1088,"date":"2024-07-03T22:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T02:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2024-07-03T22:00:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T02:00:52","slug":"july-member-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/07\/july-member-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"July Member Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jess Stuber: Master Jedi, Imperial Officer, Inquisitor<\/strong>, among other cosplays.<\/p>\n<p>Jess was raised on Star Wars! She says, \u201cSome of my fondest memories involve watching the original trilogy with my Dad as a kid. She carried her love for Star Wars into her adult life, where Star Wars has become a through-line that has helped me experience some pretty incredible things!<\/p>\n<p>Jess said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m a theatre nerd, so the jump to cosplay was not very big! I love embodying characters and getting to bring smiles to people\u2019s faces with what I\u2019ve put together. I\u2019m a big fan of the costume construction process, the work of putting a costume together is one of my favorite things. It\u2019s incredible to see how far costuming has come along since the early days where I put together a lightsaber hilt out of spare plumbing parts I bought at Home Depot! I joined the North Ridge in 2008\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She loves Star Wars because is that it is for everyone. Whatever you love or want to make of it, there\u2019s something waiting for you in a galaxy far, far away.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Jess, for sharing your story! 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