Matt is featured in an article by San Dieguito student Kate Sequeira (the article doesn’t appear to be online… yet… we’ll post a link if it does come online). Here’s a link to the article! A quote:
“I loved San Dieguito because it was the opposite of where I had come from,” de la Peña sad. “It was so calm and everybody, from the first time I met them, was talking about college.”
“SD Grad Wins Newbery,” by Kate Sequeira, 7 Oct 2016 issue of The Mustang