Matthew’s pronouns are he/him. His family immigrated from Hong Kong, he is a second-generation immigrant and have lived in East Toronto for over 16 years.

Matthew holds a BSc (Hon.) in Kinesiology & Health Science from York University where he focused his studies on the social determinants of health. While completing his JD at University of Windsor, he was selected to participate in the school’s first Mental Health Justice Clinic. He collaborated with the Empowerment Council, led a PBSC project on family planning for adults with disabilities and was a worker at the trans ID clinic. Matthew also interned at the HIV Legal Network developing legal resources focused on harm reduction, human rights and family law. Matthew completed his articles at firm with a focus on disability law, estate planning and human rights.

He now currently works at the Canadian Centre For Housing Rights as a lawyer and housing rights educator.