Máté Török was born in Slovakia in 1997. He earned a teaching degree at Comenius University in Bratislava, specializing in philosophy and Hungarian language and literature. During his university studies, he began working at Pátria Rádió, the Hungarian-language division of Slovakia’s public service media, as a news editor and current affairs presenter. Since September 2024, he has been working as an online editor at Új Szó, with a primary focus on covering developments in education. Also, he has a keen interest in football and a fondness for cats.