Bio
Matt Eighmy is a writer and educator from Rockford, Illinois. As an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California, Matt enjoyed leading backpacking trips into the wilderness, participating in creative writing workshops, and eating breakfast burritos on the beach. After graduating, he briefly lived in Madrid and then Seattle, working as a tutor, before returning to the Midwest. He earned a Master’s in Education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and then taught middle school English for four years in Chicago. Matt’s writing explores themes of spirituality, sexuality, mental illness, and love of the natural world.