Matthew David Randel Hieb was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. He spent his early childhood in College Place, Washington and lived in Seattle, Washington before moving to Nevada City, California in 1991. After high school graduation he spent the next year traveling in Europe before returning to school in San Francisco, California.
Matthew joined the US Army in 2012 and served five years in Germany as a Military Policeman in the 11th /13th Missile Defense Battery. After discharge in 2017 he returned to Seattle to complete a university degree.