Matthew Yazzie is wearing a black jacket and a blue and white checkered shirt. He has short, black hair and is smiling at the camera.

Mathew Yazzie's professional background has been in tech and policy. He currently works in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). 

He started his career working at Google's legal team because he was interested in becoming a lawyer. His colleagues talked him out of going to law school and he went into project management instead. 

After leaving Google, he was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a couple different startups before shifting his career to focus more on DEI. 

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