Matteo graduated from Stanford with degrees in chemistry, Italian, and a master’s in an interdisciplinary program called Modern Thought & Literature. While there, he played on the club tennis team and captained the club squash team, and he will coach those sports at Taft. His varied interests led him to pursue research in chemistry, the humanities, and even help found a thriving student café on campus. Since then, Matteo has lived in Maine and worked as a teaching fellow and counselor at Kieve Wavus Education. Matteo will teach chemistry in the science department and live in HDT.