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Matthew Mattozzi

Experience

I am a U.S. Navy veteran of five years that initially enlisted as a way of obtaining medical experience. I got to do some cool things while I was enlisted, including two tours aboard the USNS Comfort. We visited seventeen countries in total between the two missions, providing medical care to thousands of patients located in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. It was an experience that I will always be grateful and privileged to be a part of.

190903-N-IA905-1016 LA BREA, Trinidad And Tobago (Sept. 3, 2019) The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is anchored off the coast of La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago as the ship prepares for a five-day medical mission. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems strained by an increase in Venezuelan migrants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Morgan K. Nall/Released)

These days, I am switching gears and pursuing a career in the tech industry. Computer science and cybersecurity are my two fields of interest, and I am excited to be a part of these programs here at ODU.