.about {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 4rem;
  padding: 6rem 10% 0; /* Remove bottom padding */
  background-color: #fff;
  position: relative;
}

.about-content {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
}

.about-content h2 {
  color: #00008b;
  font-size: 2.5em;
  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
}

.about-list {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

.about-list li {
  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
  line-height: 1.8;
  color: #333;
  font-size: 1.1em;
  position: relative;
  padding-left: 2.5em; /* Increased padding for SVG */
}

.about-list li::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  width: 1.5em;
  height: 1.5em;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xml:space='preserve' width='57.538' height='55.688' viewBox='0 0 15.224 14.734' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cpath d='M-19.669 152.487c-2.288 0-3.383.358-4.997 1.637-2.864 2.269-3.346 7.467-.96 10.362.864 1.047 2.505 2.207 3.656 2.583.37.121 1.524.183 2.563.137 1.932-.085 3.695-.748 4.63-1.74.24-.253.73-.692 1.09-.975 1.043-.82 1.594-2.18 1.73-4.267.167-2.59-.352-3.916-2.15-5.492-2.054-1.8-3.154-2.245-5.562-2.245zm1.76 5.003c1.284.025 2.546.596 3.317 1.73 1.266 1.86.996 4.25-.644 5.69-.783.686-1.125.804-2.3.788-2.18-.028-3.168-.682-4.166-2.76-.658-1.368-.651-2.371.022-3.461.832-1.346 2.317-2.017 3.772-1.987z' style='fill:%230662ad;fill-opacity:1' transform='translate(27.152 -152.487)'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-size: contain;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center;
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .about {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    padding: 4rem 5%;
    gap: 2rem;
  }
}