A native of the Midwest, Matty moved to Northern California in 2005 where he eventually landed in Oakland for art school. Art school didn’t stick, but bartending did. He has since worked all over the East Bay tending bar, as well as running bar programs. Matty is now at Prizefighter, a world renowned bar in Emeryville where he has happily tended bar and cut ice for the past five and a half years.