Matthew Williams

Matthew serves as a senior international student advisor (DSO/ARO) at the University of Southern California. His journey in international education began while he was still a student at Loyola Marymount University, where in 2016 he was hired into the role of student manger at the Office for International Students and Scholars. Previously, he has also worked as an international student advisor at UC Santa Barbara where he began his professional career in 2021. While still relatively new to NAFSA, Matthew has hosted sessions at both the 2023 and 2024 NAFSA Region XII Conferences, served on the 2024 NAFSA Region XII Conference Team, and has been a Region XII representative to the Rainbow Special Interest Group (SIG) since 2023.