{"id":18,"date":"2024-03-18T19:55:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T19:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antawnomerez.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-07-11T23:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:19:04","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/antawnomerez.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18\" class=\"elementor elementor-18\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f022bc8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f022bc8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b595830 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b595830\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-386348a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"386348a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to my website!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728dd3d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"728dd3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m Antawn Omerez, a MET High School student, aspiring game developer, and programming enthusiast. In this website portfolio, you will find all there is to know about me and my passion for software development.\u00a0<\/p><p>You can read my full introduction on the &#8220;About Me&#8221; page above \u2b06\ufe0f<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fdc05c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2fdc05c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/antawnomerez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-18-15.11.16.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-41\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antawnomerez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-18-15.11.16.png 920w, https:\/\/antawnomerez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-18-15.11.16-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/antawnomerez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-18-15.11.16-768x429.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca41848 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ca41848\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;none&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 24 24&#039; fill=&#039;none&#039; stroke=&#039;black&#039; stroke-width=&#039;4&#039; stroke-linecap=&#039;square&#039; stroke-miterlimit=&#039;10&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M0,6c6,0,0.9,11.1,6.9,11.1S18,6,24,6&#039;\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f80c21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f80c21\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85a0c0c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85a0c0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72c0db9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72c0db9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e153f93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e153f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GameChanger<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4510f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4510f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GameChanger Winnipeg is the student-based project I&#8217;ve been working on for X years. 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