TEAM

Meet the People behind Kelutral

Mako

Community Manager

Mako is an American Computer Science major living in the eastern US. He has been studying the Na'vi language for 12 years. Mako's primary responsibilities within Kelutral are maintaining and improving Kelutral's outward facing resources and relationships. This is accomplished by coordinating a diverse team of creatives to assist with other projects, or by getting his hands dirty himself. When he's not working on something for Kelutral, Mako enjoys discussing film with friends or spending time outside with his family and dog.

Steve

Social Media Manager

Steve is an Analytical Chemist by trade and nerd in everything from science to popular culture. Steve has been an Avatar fan since 2009, and joined the fandom in late 2022. Outside of the community, you can easily find him playing a video game, catching up on a good book, or going out on a hike.

Tekre

Education Admin

Tekre joined the Na'vi learning community 2018 and has since then studied and later taught the language as much as possible. After being active in the community for a while, they switched their major from computer science to linguistics due to the impact the Na'vi language had on their life, and are currently still busy finishing their degree. Their role in Kelutral.org is supporting Olìtsazi as a head moderator and organizing the teaching that happens in the server. Outside of the community, they are a language nerd and super addicted to video games of all kinds.

Olìtsazi

Head Moderator

Olìtsazi- AKA "Olly"- joined the Avatar community in 2009 and has been learning Na'vi, drawing fan art, and adding to his merchandise collection ever since. As Head Moderator, he handles recruitment and training of new mods and manages moderative issues. In the real world, he works as a writing tutor and is gunning for his associates degree; aside from Avatar, he loves literature, oceanography, and marine biology. He can often be found outdoors while still maintaining a perfect manicure.

Patmo

IT Admin

Patmo fell in love with Na'vi after watching the first Avatar movie in 2009 and finally gathered the courage to truly learn the language after watching The Way of Water. He studied electrical engineering but now is developing systems for optimization and visualization of industrial automation processes. Outside of the community in his free time he likes to read books and discover unusual and quirky music, and always searches for new classic European movies from the silent film era to expand his collection.