Matt Joseph Diaz

"The universe is a big, dark, cold empty space — but you're not any of that. You're a light."

Dear 16-Year-Old, 500 Pound Matt,

Everyone messes up, so you can bank on future opportunities to apologize. When the time comes for owning up to your own mistakes, these tips will help ensure you make the most of making amends.

For some of us, our first real taste of adulthood comes from sitting alone in a clinic, waiting to get our ding-dongs tested.

For a long time, passing privilege made me feel like I didn’t deserve to call myself latino.

This Monday, Matt talks about female comic characters. Batman? How about BatNOTSOMUCHMAN.

Though it's worth noting that my weight was beginning to become a health concern, I’d never considered my body a “problem” until I heard how doctors talked about it. In the same way a hurt child won’t start to cry until he sees the worry in his parent’s face, I never felt bad about my body until the first time I felt like I was being looked at with disgust. So whatever route you decide to take with the health of a child, make sure it’s treated as a growing opportunity and not a solution to a problem. Your children are not problems — they are the foundation upon which the adults of tomorrow will be built.

This week, Matt kicks off our Conversation series on coming out with his own story.

This week Matt talks about the new job he never expected to have, and how changing your career path isn't just perfectly normal — it shows how much you've grown as a person.

This is literally the cutest, happiest thing you will see all day.