Matt Williams has been an educator for twenty years. He has taught at the elementary school level for seventeen years in a Georgia public school. He has been a classroom teacher, an interventionist, an academic coach, and is currently a learning support specialist. He earned his undergraduate and master's degrees in early childhood education from the University of West Georgia. He earned a specialist degree in Educational Administration from Kennesaw State University. He was named Bartow County's Teacher of the Year in 2012.