.about-page {
  --about-ink: #1d3047;
  --about-navy: #233c59;
  --about-deep: #14283f;
  --about-teal: #a4473f;
  --about-mint: #efd6d1;
  --about-gold: #c28a3a;
  --about-sand: #eadbc4;
  --about-paper: #fcfaf6;
  --about-line: rgba(16, 36, 63, .11);
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--about-ink);
  background: #fff;
}

.about-hero {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  min-height: 760px;
  padding: 92px 0 112px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 84% 18%, rgba(164, 71, 63, .11), transparent 28%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 12% 72%, rgba(194, 138, 58, .11), transparent 31%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, #f8f5ee 0%, #fff 47%, #f5f8f7 100%);
}

.about-hero-aura {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -2;
  width: 610px;
  height: 610px;
  inset: -330px auto auto -220px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(164, 71, 63, .12);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 70px rgba(164, 71, 63, .024), 0 0 0 140px rgba(164, 71, 63, .016);
}

.about-hero-grid-pattern {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  inset: 0;
  opacity: .42;
  pointer-events: none;
  mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0, #000 28%, #000 76%, transparent 100%);
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(rgba(19, 43, 77, .035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(19, 43, 77, .035) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: 54px 54px;
}

.about-hero-word {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  inset: auto auto 54px -22px;
  color: transparent;
  font: 800 clamp(6rem, 13vw, 13rem)/1 Inter, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: -.05em;
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(19, 43, 77, .055);
  user-select: none;
}

.about-hero-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.15fr) minmax(360px, .85fr);
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(52px, 7vw, 108px);
}

.about-hero-copy { position: relative; z-index: 2; }

.about-kicker,
.about-section-heading > span,
.about-cta-box > div > span {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 11px;
  color: #9a6b2d;
  font-size: .76rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
}

.about-kicker::before,
.about-section-heading > span::before {
  content: "";
  width: 34px;
  height: 2px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--about-gold), #e0bc80);
}

.about-hero h1 {
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 19px 0 10px;
  color: var(--about-ink);
  font-size: clamp(3rem, 5.5vw, 5.25rem);
  font-weight: 850;
  line-height: 1.08;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.about-hero h2 {
  margin: 0;
  color: #8f4943;
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.8vw, 1.45rem);
  font-weight: 650;
  line-height: 1.7;
}

.about-lead {
  max-width: 700px;
  margin: 26px 0 0;
  color: #526277;
  font-size: 1.06rem;
  line-height: 2.05;
}

.about-actions {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 12px;
  margin-top: 30px;
}

.about-actions .btn,
.about-cta-box .btn {
  min-height: 48px;
  padding-inline: 22px;
  border-radius: 12px;
  font-weight: 750;
}

.about-actions .btn-primary,
.about-cta-box .btn-primary {
  border: 1px solid #913f39;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3544a, #943f39);
  box-shadow: 0 13px 30px rgba(148, 63, 57, .2);
}

.about-btn-outline {
  border: 1px solid rgba(19, 43, 77, .16);
  color: var(--about-navy);
  background: #fff;
}

.about-btn-outline:hover { border-color: var(--about-teal); background: #fff; }

.about-resume {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  padding: 10px 5px;
  color: #526277;
  font-size: .84rem;
  font-weight: 650;
}

.about-availability {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 9px;
  margin-top: 22px;
  color: #728096;
  font-size: .73rem;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.about-availability span {
  width: 8px;
  height: 8px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #c28a3a;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 5px rgba(194, 138, 58, .12);
}

.about-socials { display: flex; gap: 9px; margin-top: 18px; }
.about-socials a {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 39px;
  height: 39px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(19, 43, 77, .13);
  border-radius: 11px;
  color: #5c6e83;
  background: #fff;
  transition: transform .25s ease, border-color .25s ease, color .25s ease;
}
.about-socials a:hover { transform: translateY(-3px); border-color: var(--about-gold); color: #9a6b2d; }

.about-portrait-wrap {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 440px;
  min-height: 0;
  margin-inline: auto;
}

.about-portrait-glow {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  inset: 22px -22px -22px 22px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(164, 71, 63, .14);
  border-radius: 28px;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #efdcd7, #eadbc4);
  box-shadow: 0 28px 60px rgba(19, 43, 77, .11);
}

.about-portrait-dots {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  width: 116px;
  height: 116px;
  inset: -35px auto auto -48px;
  opacity: .42;
  background-image: radial-gradient(#c28a3a 1.5px, transparent 1.5px);
  background-size: 12px 12px;
}

.about-portrait {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
  object-fit: cover;
  border: 8px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .92);
  border-radius: 24px;
  background: #eef4f7;
  box-shadow: 0 22px 58px rgba(16, 36, 63, .16);
}

.about-portrait-placeholder {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 15px;
  padding: 36px;
  color: #63748a;
  text-align: center;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 32%, rgba(194, 138, 58, .11), transparent 35%),
    linear-gradient(145deg, #fbf8f3, #f1e2de);
}

.about-avatar-mark {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 106px;
  height: 106px;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(19, 43, 77, .1);
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: var(--about-navy);
  background: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 15px 40px rgba(19, 43, 77, .09);
}

.about-avatar-mark i { font-size: 3.25rem; }
.about-portrait-placeholder > span:not(.about-avatar-mark) { color: var(--about-navy); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 800; }
.about-portrait-placeholder small { max-width: 270px; color: #7d8a9b; font-size: .74rem; line-height: 1.8; }

.about-portrait-badge {
  position: absolute;
  inset: auto -34px 42px auto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  min-width: 182px;
  padding: 13px 16px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .75);
  border-radius: 14px;
  color: var(--about-navy);
  background: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 16px 36px rgba(16, 36, 63, .14);
  font-size: .75rem;
  font-weight: 800;
}
.about-portrait-badge i { color: var(--about-gold); font-size: 1.1rem; }

.about-metrics { position: relative; z-index: 4; margin-top: -66px; }
.about-metrics-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .1);
  border-radius: 22px;
  color: #fff;
  background: linear-gradient(125deg, #182f4b, #30445c 64%, #743e43);
  box-shadow: 0 24px 60px rgba(9, 27, 50, .23);
}

.about-metric {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 20px;
  min-height: 136px;
  padding: 24px 30px;
  border-inline-end: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .1);
}
.about-metric:last-child { border: 0; }
.about-metric > i { color: rgba(235, 204, 151, .4); font-size: 2.2rem; }
.about-metric strong { display: block; color: #f0c87e; font-size: 2.15rem; font-weight: 850; line-height: 1.1; }
.about-metric span { display: block; margin-top: 5px; font-size: .85rem; font-weight: 750; }
.about-metric small { display: block; margin-top: 4px; color: #b2c0d0; font-size: .68rem; }

.about-page .section { padding-block: 112px; }
.about-story { position: relative; background: #fff; }
.about-story-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(250px, .7fr) minmax(0, 1.3fr); gap: clamp(54px, 8vw, 110px); }

.about-section-heading { position: relative; }
.about-section-heading h2 {
  max-width: 610px;
  margin: 13px 0 0;
  color: var(--about-navy);
  font-size: clamp(1.9rem, 3.2vw, 2.85rem);
  font-weight: 820;
  line-height: 1.36;
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.about-section-heading.centered { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto 48px; text-align: center; }
.about-section-heading.centered > span::before { display: none; }

.about-biography { position: relative; }
.about-biography::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 8px -34px auto auto;
  width: 2px;
  height: 62px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(var(--about-gold), transparent);
}
.about-biography > p { margin: 0; color: #45566c; font-size: 1.03rem; line-height: 2.25; white-space: pre-line; }
.about-biography blockquote {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 34px 0 0;
  padding: 28px 70px 28px 30px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(194, 138, 58, .2);
  border-radius: 16px;
  color: #16463f;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbf5e9, #f8faf8);
  font-size: .96rem;
  font-weight: 680;
  line-height: 2;
}
.about-biography blockquote::after { content: "“"; position: absolute; inset: -32px auto auto 12px; color: rgba(194, 138, 58, .09); font: 800 9rem/1 serif; }
.about-biography blockquote i { position: absolute; inset: 25px 25px auto auto; color: var(--about-gold); font-size: 1.6rem; }

.about-expertise {
  position: relative;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 8% 25%, rgba(194, 138, 58, .08), transparent 25%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, #faf7f1, #fbfcfa);
}
.about-card-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 22px; }
.about-card {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  min-height: 282px;
  padding: 31px;
  border: 1px solid var(--about-line);
  border-radius: 19px;
  background: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 35px rgba(16, 36, 63, .055);
  transition: transform .35s ease, box-shadow .35s ease, border-color .35s ease;
}
.about-card::after { content: ""; position: absolute; width: 118px; height: 118px; inset: auto -54px -54px auto; border-radius: 50%; background: rgba(194, 138, 58, .065); transition: transform .35s ease; }
.about-card:hover { transform: translateY(-7px); border-color: rgba(194, 138, 58, .34); box-shadow: 0 22px 48px rgba(16, 36, 63, .1); }
.about-card:hover::after { transform: scale(1.35); }
.about-card > i { display: grid; place-items: center; width: 55px; height: 55px; border: 1px solid rgba(194, 138, 58, .18); border-radius: 15px; color: #9a6b2d; background: linear-gradient(145deg, #fbf3e5, #f7f9f5); font-size: 1.45rem; }
.about-card h3,
.about-timeline h3,
.about-value-grid h3 { margin: 22px 0 7px; color: var(--about-navy); font-size: 1.07rem; font-weight: 790; }
.about-card strong { color: #8b6737; font-size: .74rem; }
.about-card p,
.about-timeline p,
.about-value-grid p { margin: 9px 0 0; color: #68768a; font-size: .86rem; line-height: 1.95; }

.about-timeline-section { background: #fff; }
.about-timeline { position: relative; padding-inline-start: 42px; }
.about-timeline::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 9px 9px 12px auto; width: 2px; background: linear-gradient(var(--about-teal), rgba(164, 71, 63, .08)); }
.about-timeline article { position: relative; margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 0 28px 34px 0; }
.about-timeline article:last-child { padding-bottom: 0; }
.about-timeline-dot { position: absolute; right: -40px; top: 5px; width: 16px; height: 16px; border: 4px solid #fff; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--about-teal); box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(164, 71, 63, .27); }
.about-timeline small,
.about-value-grid small { color: #e5bd77; font-size: .71rem; font-weight: 750; }
.about-timeline h3 { margin: 6px 0; }

.about-values {
  position: relative;
  color: #fff;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 82% 8%, rgba(194, 138, 58, .16), transparent 29%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, #14283f, #2c3f55 64%, #63383d);
}
.about-values::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; opacity: .12; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.13) 1px, transparent 1px),linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.13) 1px,transparent 1px); background-size: 64px 64px; mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #000, transparent 80%); }
.about-values .container { position: relative; }
.about-values .about-section-heading h2 { color: #fff; }
.about-values .about-section-heading > span { color: #e7c17d; }
.about-value-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: 18px; }
.about-value-grid article { display: flex; gap: 18px; padding: 25px; border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .11); border-radius: 16px; background: #263d54; transition: background .25s ease, transform .25s ease; }
.about-value-grid article:hover { transform: translateY(-3px); background: #304960; }
.about-value-grid article > span { display: grid; place-items: center; flex: 0 0 45px; height: 45px; border: 1px solid rgba(231, 193, 125, .23); border-radius: 13px; color: #e7c17d; background: rgba(194, 138, 58, .1); }
.about-value-grid h3 { margin: 0; color: #fff; }
.about-value-grid p { color: #bdc8d5; }

.about-cta { background: #fff; }
.about-cta-box {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 34px;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 52px 58px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(194, 138, 58, .2);
  border-radius: 24px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 8% 50%, rgba(194, 138, 58, .13), transparent 25%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, #fbf3e5, #f7e9e6);
  box-shadow: 0 22px 60px rgba(16, 36, 63, .08);
}
.about-cta-box::after { content: ""; position: absolute; width: 280px; height: 280px; inset: -150px auto auto -120px; border: 44px solid rgba(194, 138, 58, .055); border-radius: 50%; }
.about-cta-box > * { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.about-cta-box h2 { max-width: 760px; margin: 11px 0 7px; color: var(--about-navy); font-size: clamp(1.7rem, 3vw, 2.35rem); font-weight: 820; line-height: 1.45; }
.about-cta-box p { margin: 0; color: #68768a; }
.about-cta-box .btn { flex: 0 0 auto; }

.ltr .about-kicker::before,
.ltr .about-section-heading > span::before { order: 2; }
.ltr .about-biography::before { left: -34px; right: auto; }
.ltr .about-biography blockquote { padding: 28px 30px 28px 70px; }
.ltr .about-biography blockquote i { left: 25px; right: auto; }
.ltr .about-timeline { padding-left: 42px; padding-right: 0; }
.ltr .about-timeline::before { left: 9px; right: auto; }
.ltr .about-timeline article { padding: 0 0 34px 28px; }
.ltr .about-timeline-dot { left: -40px; right: auto; }
.ltr .about-portrait-badge { left: -34px; right: auto; }

@media (max-width: 1020px) {
  .about-hero { min-height: 0; }
  .about-hero-grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(320px, .72fr); gap: 48px; }
  .about-hero h1 { font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 5.4vw, 4.2rem); }
  .about-portrait-badge { inset-inline-end: -10px; }
}

@media (max-width: 840px) {
  .about-hero { padding: 68px 0 108px; }
  .about-hero-grid,
  .about-story-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .about-hero-copy { text-align: center; }
  .about-kicker { justify-content: center; }
  .about-hero h1,
  .about-lead { margin-inline: auto; }
  .about-actions,
  .about-socials,
  .about-availability { justify-content: center; }
  .about-portrait-wrap { margin-top: 12px; }
  .about-metrics-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .about-metric { min-height: 108px; border-inline-end: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .1); }
  .about-card-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .about-story-grid { gap: 46px; }
  .about-biography::before { display: none; }
  .about-section-heading:not(.centered) { max-width: 620px; }
}

@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .about-hero { padding: 54px 0 100px; }
  .about-hero-grid { gap: 46px; }
  .about-hero h1 { font-size: 2.55rem; }
  .about-hero h2 { font-size: 1rem; }
  .about-lead { font-size: .96rem; }
  .about-actions { align-items: stretch; flex-direction: column; }
  .about-actions .btn { justify-content: center; }
  .about-resume { justify-content: center; }
  .about-portrait-wrap { max-width: calc(100% - 22px); }
  .about-portrait-glow { inset: 13px -13px -13px 13px; }
  .about-portrait-dots { display: none; }
  .about-portrait-badge { inset: auto -8px 24px auto; min-width: 162px; }
  .about-page .section { padding-block: 78px; }
  .about-card-grid,
  .about-value-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .about-card { min-height: 0; }
  .about-section-heading.centered { margin-bottom: 34px; }
  .about-biography blockquote { padding: 70px 24px 24px; }
  .about-biography blockquote i { inset: 24px 24px auto auto; }
  .about-cta-box { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; padding: 34px 26px; }
  .about-cta-box .btn { width: 100%; justify-content: center; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .about-card,
  .about-socials a,
  .about-value-grid article { transition: none; }
}