Matthew N. Crawford

Brief Bio: Matthew N. Crawford is a writer and activist, co-owner of Toss It Up Salad, Xcape Solutions, and Big Man Keto all based in South LA.

Matthew was born in Inglewood,CA and bounced back and forth between Pomona, San Bernardino, Colton, Inglewood(again), and Moreno Valley in his childhood. Seeing so many different communties showed Matthew how important it was to bring change.

As a business owner and writer, Matthew hopes to use his platforms to improve and reshape South LA. As part of Voices, Matthew hopes to continue bringing solutions to food insecuirty, rethink how we interact with police, and also form colaitions with other entities to grow South LA development.
 

Hobbies and Interests: cooking, technology, and politics, also reading

Favorite things to do in our neighborhood council district:
Morning walks, workouts at Julian Dixon Park
 

Please state 3 issues that you are passionate about in our community:
Reshaping Police interaction with the community, food insecurity, building South LA economic self-sustainabilty