July 4, 2025
It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 26: Ross Mathews and Dr. Wellinthon García-Mathews!
Ross Mathews and Dr. Wellinthon García-Mathews share their children’s book, Tío and Tío: The Ring Bearers! We dive into how they encouraged the agency of their nephews in telling this story, the importance of children feeling involved and important, and telling the story through color and the senses!
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Ross Mathews is an Emmy-winning television host and producer, as well as the best-selling author of Man Up!: Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence and Name Drop. He can be seen every weekday as cohost and producer on the daily syndicated talk show The Drew Barrymore Show, and as a judge and producer on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Mathews has hosted the GLAAD Media Awards a record seven times and in 2018 he was honored with the organization’s Davidson/Valentini Award for his work in promoting equality for the LGBTQ+ community, in addition to the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award in 2011. He currently lives in New York with his husband, Dr. Wellinthon García-Mathews, and their rescue chihuahua, Audrey.
Dr. Wellinthon García-Mathews was born in the Dominican Republic and emigrated with his family to the United States at five years old, not speaking any English. He was raised in Brooklyn, and went on, along with his older sister, to be the first in his family to attend college. He holds a doctorate of education in educational policy and leadership from Hofstra University. He has served in the field of education for over a decade in the capacity of a primary teacher, assistant principal, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, and Associate Director of ENL and Equity in New York. Additionally, he has worked as an adjunct professor at Hofstra University, where he lectures on gender expression and Title IX policy impacting LGBTQ+ youth.
