Why Matt?

If you are looking for an entertaining and inspiring performance to motivate or simply enjoy some time together as a group, this show is bound to fulfill and exceed expectations.  Matt provides insight into what it is like to have life in the bag and then be thrown a curve ball that changes everything.  A great story to consider how we all handle changes, challenges, or setbacks in life.

At 35 years old, Matt had the world by the tail.  A charming, energetic, and successful performer, a husband and father, an entrepreneur and businessman he was stopped in his tracks with a diagnosis of a brain tumor with only a 1% chance of survival.  After radiation, eight rounds of chemotherapy, and three surgeries Matt had lost his ability to read and write, significant memory and language loss, his marriage, and the use of his right side.  

Rebuilding his life included learning to read and write again, learning to play his beloved guitar again as well as performing all of life’s daily functions with one hand.  He had to learn to walk and drive again.  An uphill battle that he took on with great determination and his motto:  “Where there is a will – there is a way”.

A great performance for those who love to see striving turn to thriving and struggles to success!  Matt will tell you of his path back to health, completing his education, finding his sweetheart, and a return to married and family life as well as what life is like as a survivor!