We are excited to have Matthew (Matt) Moor join the L.A. Compact team as our new Postsecondary Initiatives Manager. In this role, Matt will support the L.A. Compact’s Postsecondary Transitions workgroup, L.A. College Promise, including our new College Promise Foster Youth initiative, and Let’s Go to College LA. He will also be supporting our L.A. Cash for College team.

Prior to joining UNITE-LA, Matt was a Senior College and Career Pathways Coordinator at Los Angeles Education Partnership. His passion for supporting first-generation students, like himself, started after participating as a College Summit Peer Leader in high school and in the Office of Academic Support and Instructional Service’s (OASIS) Summer Bridge Program at UCSD. After graduating from college, Matt has held numerous positions aimed at helping first-generation students enroll in and graduate from college.

Originally from the San Fernando Valley, Matt graduated from the University of California, San Diego. He holds a B.A. degree in General Sociology and a minor in Education Studies. Matt later earned his M.A. in Education with a concentration in Equity and Social Justice at San Francisco State University.

Fun fact: Matt enjoys napping with his cat, Fern, and teaching his puppy, Artie, new tricks.

Matt can be reached at [email protected].