Welcome to the special fine home building podcast, the Keep Craft Alive podcast, conversations with skilled, passionate trades people about their work.

By igniting a passion for the trades, Keep Craft Alive is helping to close the skills gap. Here's Rob Yeagid,

hosted the Keep Craft Alive podcast.

Hey, this is Rob Yaget, and this is the Keep Craft Alive podcast, where I introduce you to some of the most talented and passionate individuals who are shaping a residential design and building scene.

I meet many of the people I speak with through fine home building, and their work to inform and empower those who design, build, and remodel.

Guests on the show will include builders, architects, consultants, tradesmen and women, educators, building scientists,

and pretty much anyone who is upholding the values of true craftsmanship in an effort to build better homes and a better building

community. With the Keepcraft Live program, we've partnered with industry organizations

and our network across the country to build awareness of the professional opportunities in the

residential construction industry. And we fund student scholarships to support those who want to

pursue careers in the trades with our partner skills USA.

If you want to help support the next generation of craftsmen and women, visit keepcraftolive.org

for more information and to donate to the cause.

And feel free to reach out to me directly by dropping a note to info at keepcraftalive.org.

Today's episode is a good one, and I hope it inspires

some thought and reflection on how we can all help keep craft alive. Thanks for tuning in.

Okay, Elizabeth DeSalvo, thanks for joining me today. How are you doing?

Good. Thanks for having me. Yeah, absolutely. I'm eager to speak with you.

You know, I think listeners of the show will recognize your name as being the designer behind one of our FHB houses was based here in Connecticut. But why don't you tell people who don't know who you are, you know, who you are, what you do, and where are you calling in from today? Sure. I'm calling in from Connecticut, sort of the southern Fairfield County zone, Connecticut,

which is a pretty well-off area in the New York City, tri-state zone.

I grew up in this area, and I was basically raised by architects and builders.

So I've always been in the industry.

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