Born and raised in Ventura County, Matt attended Conejo Valley public schools and was valedictorian of his Thousand Oaks High School class. He went to UCLA on an academic scholarship (graduating in the top 1% of his class) before earning a master’s degree in public affairs from Princeton and a law degree from NYU.
As the grandson of a World War II veteran and two Holocaust survivors who came to this country as refugees, Matt has always been immensely proud and grateful to be an American. Ventura County deserves to be represented by someone, like Matt, who believes in the goodness of our people and the greatness of our country.