Matt D'Arrigo

Matt D’Arrigo is the Director of Creative Youth Development (CYD) at the Clare Rose Foundation and the co-founder of The Clare Rose Center for Creative Youth Development (CYD) in San Diego, CA. Prior to joining Clare Rose Foundation, D’Arrigo was the founder and CEO of A Reason To Survive (ARTS), a nationally recognized CYD organization based in National City, CA. His work with ARTS was the subject of the 2013 Academy Award-winning documentary short “Inocente.” D’Arrigo is co-founder of the National CYD Funders Forum and Arts Amplifying Youth (AAY!). Matt is on the board of the National Partnership for Creative Youth Development and is a co-chair of the Grantmakers for Education Arts Education Impact Group.