• B.A., University of Alaska, Anchorage
• M.F.A, Hunter College, CUNY

Matthew Frye-Castillo is a Lecturer of Professional Writing at Lehman College, City University of New York where he teaches courses in creative nonfiction, English composition, LGBTQIA+ literature, and professional communications. He advises the student-run newspaper  The Meridian and directs the Program for Professional Communications (PPC), which offers minors in Professional Writing, Professional Communications, and and Business & Entrepreneurship for Creative Arts Professionals (BECAP). Click here to learn more about PPC. He also serves on the CUNY LGBTQI+ Council, and the Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism Committee (EIAAR) at Lehman College.

Professor Frye-Castillo is the author of the memoir, One Headlight (Cirque Press; 2021), and has published fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in dozens of anthologies, newspapers, and literary journals, including The Anchorage Daily News, Epiphany Literary Journal, Brevity, The Paris Review Daily, Best Gay Stories, Chicken Soup for the Soul, HuffPost, and Worn in New York, which was adapted in the Netflix docuseries Worn Stories. He has worked in marketing, publishing, financial consulting, and journalism, and is pursuing a M.B.A at Baruch College, CUNY.

He welcomes emails from Lehman faculty, staff, students, and alumni at matthewfryecastillo.com