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Services
I ask questions to follow the curiosity so we move strategically together with clarity and creativity. After 20+ years creating organizations and teams, I know how to build pathways to possibilities. Learn more.
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Current Projects
Some of my current work
Educator Training
Immigration Resources
White Pivots
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Coaching People
Creating affordable paths to and through college, graduate school, and careers.
* Specializing in undocumented and first-gen student support.
| Area | What I Offer | Methods |
|---|---|---|
| College & Scholarships | College advising, scholarship writing, and self-advocacy as a student. | Workshops, 1:1 coaching |
| Graduate School | Demystifying graduate school. Dissertation coaching. | Workshops, 1:1 coaching |
| Careers & Internships | Creating resumes, interview prep, and finding internships & careers. | Workshops, 1:1 coaching |
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Organizational Shifts
Let's guide your org and team forward with governance structures and management tools that center equity.
| Area | What I Offer | Methods |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership Structuring | Writing governance structures. Creating decision-making strategies. | Facilitated discussion, 1:1 coaching |
| Team Management | Project management support, teambuilding, & management tools that center equity. | Workshops, 1:1 coaching |
| Grants | Writing, editing, and consulting on grants. Researching grants. Managing grants. | Writing, 1:1 coaching |
| Event Planning | Fundraising, social, and educational event planning with assessment. | Event coordinating, Team coaching |
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Institutional Growth
Let’s move your team and institution closer to equity with co-created curriculum, facilitated group discussions, and whiteness accountability spaces.
| Area | What I Offer | Methods |
|---|---|---|
| Equity Training | Lead equity training sessions, coach on implementation of equity strategies. | Facilitated training, workshops, 1:1 coaching |
| Whiteness Accountability | Create space for white leaders to understand white privilege & take actions to dismantle racism | Workshops, 1:1 coaching |
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About Matt
Dr. Matt Matera (he/him) is the founder of Central Valley Education Pathways, an organization that helps educators, students, and institutions create paths to, through, and beyond education. Matt is a long-time educator, organizer, activist and scholar committed to fighting for social justice and dismantling white supremacy. Matt has worked in different community colleges, universities, and nonprofit organizations for 20+ years developing affordable pathways to and through higher education systems, especially for undocumented students. Matt specializes in addressing the injustices that exist at the intersection of education and immigration.
Past Institutions & Organizations I Worked With:
Immigrant Student Resource Center (co-founder)
ScholarshipsA-Z (co-founder)
Central Valley Community Foundation's Facing Fresno Project
Fresno Community & Economic Development Partnership
Fresno State College Corps
Fresno City College
Latino Outdoors
Pima Community College
The Children's Movement
TRiO Talent Search & Upward Bound
Tucson Metropolitan Education Commission
United We Dream
University of Arizona
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Testimonials
Hear from some of the students and organizational leaders I worked with in my career.
"The conversations were engaging and thought-provoking. Matt's facilitation was top tier!"
~ Facing Fresno Workshop Participant
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"It’s great to see trainings like this be facilitated when you have engaging facilitators like julie and Matt! Creating the safe space in the beginning was very helpful."
~Facing Fresno Workshop Participant
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"Thank you Matt. Thank you again for everything. This program genuinely helped me and I appreciate you for all your time and support."
~Jacob, Fresno City College Internship Prep Academy student
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"Thank you very much Matt. Thank you for all of your help and encouragement throughout the program. It was really life-changing"
~Maria, Fresno City College Internship Prep Academy student
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Let's Meet
How can I support you? Let's talk and see how we can create paths forward. Prices for services are on a sliding scale.
Contact Me
Matt Matera, Ph.D. (he/him)
Owner & Founder
(559) 500-4991
[email protected]
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