Matthew is an undergraduate student in the Mathematics department at UCLA. His involvement with CDLS began in Summer 2024 where he joined collaborative research on the efforts of community grassroots movements and non-profit organizations in catalysing public policy as well as studying the historical and contemporary influence of the federal court system on environmental protections. He also contributed to CDLS’ student-led publication, “Climate Currents,” where he authored an op-ed highlighting the role of youth civic participation in creating a sustainable future.
He is passionate about working in the intersection of fiscal & public policy, legal frameworks, and sustainability to redesign the notion of what a successful national economy is. As such, Matthew is beginning a new research project dedicated to studying the role of government in a sustainable economy and the failures of the free market in addressing the existential crisis of the 21st century. In his spare time, Matthew also enjoys snowboarding, volleyball, marathon running, intermediate level sudokus, and the reality TV show, Survivor.