Matt Ortega is a new media consultant and a writer based in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in the Huffington Post, Tech President, MyDD, and elsewhere.

A San Francisco Bay Area native, he was born in Oakland, and grew up in Hayward and Danville. He earned a B.A. in Political Science, with a minor in History, at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Upon graduation in 2006, Matt worked as a field coordinator for the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund’s independent-expenditure campaign against then-Congressman Richard Pombo (R-Tracy, Calif.).

In 2007, Matt served as an online organizer with a statewide, healthcare coalition based out of Oakland. That December, he joined the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C. for the presidential campaign cycle.

Since his departure from the DNC in 2009, Matt worked at the State Department as a web developer and served as New Media Director for a clean energy coalition. Currently, he is a new media consultant with New Partners, and writes independently about the 2012 Republican presidential candidates.