Matthew Gross is the CEO and co-founder of Newsela. Gross has a nineteen-year career in the education sector, for-profit and nonprofit entrepreneurship, and product development and distribution. Matthew began his career as a Teach for America corps member, teaching music at C.S. 50 in the South Bronx. He serves on the Board of Generations Schools Network and the School Leadership Team of P.S. 101 in Queens, which his three boys attend. He holds a B.A. from Columbia University.