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 Why We Walk

Mat

Mat Montenegro 

Home City: Miami, FL

Crash Anniversary: February 11, 2011

In the early morning hours of February 11, 2011, Mat Montenegro was on his way home from a family gathering. As he crossed the causeway to Miami Beach, a wrong way impaired driver ended Mat’s hopes and dreams and left a large family, a fiancée, and many friends devastated. Mat was an outgoing, ambitious young man who had started his own roofing company. He was a leader in his extended family and always quick with a smile and an encouraging word. Mat’s family shows up for Walk Like MADD/MADD Dash every year wearing their Mat 13 tee shirts. They Walk to honor a life taken way too soon and they always make the day a time to remember Mat in a fun way, together as family. That’s just what Mat would want!