Chew (Matthew) grew up in the mountains of Georgia where he learned how to build and fix anything from a young age. He lived all over the US, from Chicago to Phoenix, to the Pacific Northwest and ultimately came back to the mountains he loves. He has a degree in design but much prefers to spend his days in the woods rather than in front of a computer screen. He lives close to campus on a small homestead with his wife and their three teenage children, where he spends most of his free time building, fixing, growing, and making things.