My name is Matt, and I was raised with seven siblings (and often others) in a low income home here in Longview, WA. I love our city, and many of the people in it. But growing up i noticed a great number of issues that needed addressed. So my siblings and I started volunteering when I was 11 years old, helping where we could. I graduated highschool with more than 1000 hours of community service and at 16 started my own program giving away bicycles under a local non profit. After graduating, I attended a local collage, LCC, for a degree in music which I later switched to business. I have just finished a seven year role helping develop and build a non profit working across our county to transform lives. And looking forward I would like to finally try and achieve a lifelong dream of mine, becoming a pilot. My grandfather was a pilot, flying small planes out of our little local airport. I was too young to remember him then, and as he passed away this last year my family said goodbye to the last adventurous aviator in the family. This summer, while I was volunteering at a summer camp, a high school age volunteer shared how he'd gotten his pilots license, and encouraged me to look into it. After my first flight I was hooked, ready to start school online and fly whenever the weather allows it. If possible I'd like to make my living flying, inviting others to join me, in the hopes of inspiring the next generation and changing perspectives