.hero-section {
    position: relative;
    background: url('images/about-hero.jpg') center center/cover no-repeat;
    height: 80vh;
    width: 100%;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
  }
  
  .overlay {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); /* dark overlay */
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    text-align: center;
  }
  .container h3 {
    color:#007BFF;
    font-size: 2rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
    padding: 0 20px;
  }
  .container p {
    color:black;
    font-size: 1rem;
    font-weight: 500;
    font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
    padding: 0 20px;
  }
  .hero-text {
    color: white;
    font-size: 3rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
    padding: 0 20px;
  }
  

  .container .lead {
    color:#007BFF;
    font-size: 2rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
    padding: 0 20px;
  }
  

  .about-section ul {
    list-style: none;
    padding-left: 0;
    font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
    font-size: 1.1rem;
    color: #333;
  }
  .about-section ul li {
    padding-left: 1.5em;
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
  }
  .about-section ul li::before {
    content: "✓";
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    color: #007BFF;
    font-weight: bold;
  }
  
  /* 💬 Blockquote */
  .about-section blockquote {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    border-left: 5px solid #007BFF;
    font-style: italic;
    color: #555;
    border-radius: 8px;
    font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
    box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
  }
  .about-section .blockquote-footer {
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    color: #999;
    font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  }
  
  .highlight-banner {
    background-color: #007BFF;
    color: white;
    font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
    font-size: 1.2rem;
  }
  
.custom-footer {
      background-color: rgb(20, 20, 20);
      border-top: 2px solid #e0e0e0;
      border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;
      padding: 20px 0 10px 0; 
      margin-top: 0 !important;
      text-align: center;
    }
    
    .footer-logo {
      margin-bottom: 5px; 
    }
    .custom-footer {
      padding-top: 20px;
      padding-bottom: 20px;
      overflow: hidden;
    }
    
    
    .footer-logo img {
      height: 40px;
      width: auto;
      transform: scale(4); 
      transform-origin: center;
    }
    
    
    .footer-description {
      font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.4;
      margin: 10px auto;  
      max-width: 500px;
      color: #fff !important;
    }
    
    .footer-links {
      display: flex;
      justify-content: center;
      gap: 16px;
      margin-top: 8px;  
      flex-wrap: wrap;
    }
    
    .footer-links a {
      font-weight: 500;
      text-decoration: none;
      color: #fff;
      font-size: 14px;
    }
    
    .footer-links a:hover {
      color: #36b1ea;
    }
    
    .footer-brand {
      color: #fff;
      font-size: 16px;
      margin-top: 5px;
    }
    .footer-copyright{
      color: #fff !important;
    }
    .footer-description,
    .footer-copyright {
    font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif !important;
    font-weight: 400 !important;
    color: white !important;
    font-size: 14px !important;
    line-height: 1.4 !important;
  }


  .fade-up {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translateY(30px);
    transition: opacity 0.6s ease, transform 0.6s ease;
  }
  .fade-up.active {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateY(0);
  }