Craftsletes Starting 5
Dallas “The Captain” Igiozee
Age: 13 almost 14
Favorite Subject in school? Physical Science
What do you enjoy most about being a Craftslete? I enjoy pitching ideas to the client. It was a lot of fun pitching ideas to Bmike.
What is your favorite Craftsletes moment? Seeing the finished product and having other people see it. Seeing the iHeartRadio float while at the parade. I think the people on there recognized me
What would be your dream project or brand to work with? I would like to work with Mojang.
One piece of advice for future Craftsletes: Listen! If you don't listen everything will be 10 times harder and you could get hurt.
Derrick “The Professional” Skinner Jr.
Age: 11
Favorite Subject in school? Science
What do you enjoy most about being a Craftslete? I enjoy building peoples ideas from nothing.
What is your favorite Craftsletes moment? Opening night at the Museum for Bmike’s exhibit
What would be your dream project or brand to work with? Design and build a giant statue
One piece of advice for future Craftsletes: I’d tell them don’t goof off because when we did , we didn’t get much done.
Eric “Showtime” Brown
Age: 11
Favorite Subject in school? Math
What do you enjoy most about being a Craftslete? When we finish the project and everyone gets to see the work we’ve done. It’s rewarding.
What is your favorite Craftsletes moment? Making the iHeartMedia float
What would be your dream project or brand to work with? I would like to build a mansion.
One piece of advice for future Craftsletes: Teamwork makes everything possible.
Ja’Riah “The Professor” Mathews
Age: 10
Favorite Subject in school? Science
What do you enjoy most about being a Craftslete? What I enjoy most is that I can build stuff that I thought I had to wait to be grown up to do. Also, we receive great feedback from the projects we were apart of. It made me feel proud to be a Craftslete.
What is your favorite Craftsletes moment? My favorite moment was when we were able to witness a project we worked on (the iHeart Radio Boombox) be showcased to over hundreds and thousands of people during the 2020 Mardi Gras season.
What would be your dream project or brand to work with? My dream would be to one day work with Jrue Holiday and the New Orleans Pelicans to create building workshops for kids my age. We can design a program to help them figure out how they can obtain knowledge they can use in future careers while having fun.
One piece of advice for future Craftsletes: I would tell all future Craftsletes that if if you think build and constructing things is hard, its really not. Just keep working and building and it will have a great outcome.
Jilahn “Squirrel” Mathews
Age: 9
Favorite Subject in school? Math
What do you enjoy most about being a Craftslete? I enjoy working with others on planning and designing projects. I love our uniforms.
What is your favorite Craftsletes moment? My favorite moment was when we collaborated with Bmike for his “Not Supposed 2 BE Here” Exhibit at Tulane University. I was able to meet new people and experience and art show that I designed and built exhibits for.
What would be your dream project or brand to work with? My dream brand to work with would be WWE. I’d like to meet superstar group “The New Day” and design and create a better wrestling ring for them at their house. I would want to learn some of their moves and get kids like me to be familiar with building sets,
One piece of advice for future Craftsletes: You should join Craftsletes because it is fun and you can experience fun opportunities and build friendships.