MATTHEW ACTON was born in Edmonton, Alberta and grew up in the Calgary area. After high school he attended the University of Alberta, where he began in Engineering but switched into the humanities after converting to Catholicism. He graduated in 2018 with a major in English Literature and a minor in Catholic Theology.

Since then he has been pursuing graduate studies in philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, with a particular focus on Medieval Philosophy and the Thomistic tradition.

He enjoys running, cooking, and playing guitar, as well as camping in the Rockies during the summer.