Matthew Garza joined the diaTribe Foundation in 2020 and is currently a senior associate in charge of diaTribe’s stigma program area, helping build a multi-stakeholder initiative to address diabetes stigma in the US, which included the launch of dStigmatize.org. Garza is also the managing editor of diaTribe’s education resources and weekly newsletter, diaTribe Learn. Prior to joining diaTribe, Garza received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering and a minor in the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. He is also an alumnus of the Harvard Medical School’s Effective Writing for Healthcare certificate program. Garza has a passion for understanding how stigma impacts health outcomes for marginalized groups including those with chronic conditions and the LGBTQ+ community.