Matt Vaughan loves college basketball, mountaintops, and fresh-baked cookies. He served in youth ministry at four churches in the Kansas City area for over 20 years and leads Youth Ministry Institute Midwest as its director and framer. Matt and Amy have been married for 20 years, and they have two boys in 7th and 11th grades. Matt has an architecture degree from the University of Kansas (go Jayhawks!) and previously taught in urban Kansas City with Teach for America.