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Matt Abtahi is an Assistant Director with Multicultural Student Affairs at Northwestern. Matt’s role support students of all identities that experience marginalization across race, ethnicity, gender, orientation, and assigned sex at Northwestern with a focus on community building and advocacy for and with LGBTQIA+ student populations. Matt has served in roles ranging from DEI, crisis response and residential services at DePauw University, Purdue University, and the University of Colorado Boulder prior to their time at Northwestern. Matt also provides consultations, trainings and 1-on-1 equity and justice coaching outside of his role at NU. In his free time Matt finds himself involved in local government committees, biking and gardening!