Matt Paxton is the master of mistakes.

Although he is best known as an extreme cleaning specialist on A&E’s Emmy-nominated hit-show “Hoarders,” it wasn't long ago when Paxton hit rock bottom.

A 1997 graduate of University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Paxton told his story Wednesday night at Monroe Hall.

“I’m the guy on ‘Hoarders’ who cleans up a lot of poop,” is how Paxton introduced himself to more than 200 students and faculty. “I clean the messiest homes in the world.”

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