ISRAEL "IZZY" ROUTE, MA

ABOUT

Israel Route is a proud man of color, Entrepreneur, Coach, and Philanthropist. He is from Atlanta, Georgia and was born into a large family, where he is the 5th of 7 children. In his formative years, Israel was a multi-sport student-athlete at Stephenson High School where he was a scholar and state champion. As a result, Mr. Route earned a full-scholarship to Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was a 4 year letterwinner and All-Conference player and a valued member of the community. After playing 4 years at Tulane, Mr. Route earned an opportunity to play in the NFL, after signing with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent. While in Detroit, he began working with various national & local non-profit organizations and with those partnership was able to coordinate and facilitate community service events across the country.

Following his time in the NFL, Mr. Route spent some time in the Arena Football League before returning to Tulane University where he served as a Graduate Assistant and Life Skills Coordinator for student-athletes and college students. In this role he planned and executed city, state, and community outreach service events for Tulane throughout Louisiana, as well as facilitating life skills presentations, providing mentorship, and networking opportunities for student-athletes and young adults. During his time at Tulane and in New Orleans, Mr. Route then began his journey in education and coaching by supporting numerous high school sports teams and served as a consult and community lay coach as an alumnus for his old high school.

During this time, he was led to start a mentorship and college & career prep program called Be A Lifetime Learner, and co-founded a not for profit organization called ROUTEway (Realizing Our Unique Talents Everyday) as a way to mentor youth, teens, and young adults with developing a holistic plan to help enrich their lives. With his passion to assist in bettering lives of others, he was led to Reaching Our Brothers Everywhere (ROBE) alongside his father to be an advocate in maternal, child and family health. Successively Mr. Route works in the Sports & Entertainment industries as a manager and consultant, with focus on Non-Profit causes and initiatives. This provides an opportunity to support his passion to help others through education, exposure to valuable endeavors, and to create & connect them to experiential opportunities.