{"id":15557,"date":"2022-05-02T07:51:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=15557"},"modified":"2022-05-02T07:51:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:51:22","slug":"60-second-interview-crystal-kalamafoni-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2022\/05\/02\/60-second-interview-crystal-kalamafoni-2\/","title":{"rendered":"60-Second Interview: Crystal Kalamafoni"},"content":{"rendered":"

This May, we want to celebrate Asian\/Pacific American Heritage Month<\/a> and the many generations fortifying our nation’s historical fabric and playing an important part in our future success. In this 60-second interview series, we’ll speak with some of our own employees to learn more about their culture and how they celebrate Asian\/Pacific American Heritage Month.<\/p>\n

First up, we have Crystal Kalamafoni who is a Customer Service Agent extraordinaire at San Angelo Regional Airport (SJT).<\/p>\n

What’s your Envoy story?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I started with American Eagle, back in 2004 in the catering department at Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) airport. Then, I transferred into the tower as a load planning agent in DFW.<\/p>\n

From there I accepted a position as for American Airlines in Reno, Nevada. Shortly after, I had to move to a city that didn’t have an American Airlines affiliated carrier. Eventually, after some changes in the industry, I found myself back with Envoy as a cross-functional Customer Service agent here at SJT where I’ve been for the last four years.<\/p>\n

What are your day-to-day responsibilities?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My day-to-day responsibilities here in SJT extend to every area of our station; including, but not limited to, ticket counter, gate, ramp, baggage, operations, and administration.<\/p>\n

What’s the significance of Asian\/Pacific American Heritage Month to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It allows myself and others to pay tribute to the achievements, sacrifices, and contributions Asian and Pacific Islanders have made here in the United States.<\/p>\n

Do you have any favorite historical figures?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nelson Mandela one of my favorites, because his fight for equality still echoes in many nations around the world today.<\/p>\n

Who in your life has inspired you or is your role model?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My grandfather, Tevita Mapa Va\u2019enuku, inspired me to work in this industry. At a very young age, I had the opportunity to travel on his buddy passes each summer to visit him and it is what sparked my interest in working in aviation, specifically American Airlines.<\/p>\n

He retired from American Airlines after 26 years of dedicated service. He is the reason why I have dedicated all my years of aviation service working only for airlines that fall underneath the American Airlines umbrella.<\/p>\n

How do you like to show your Asian\/Pacific Islander American pride?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I sing this song, popular on TikTok, except I replace boy with girl. \u201d\u2026cos I\u2019m a island girl, I\u2019m just tryin to make it. And Imma island girl, Imma just island girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

Music is my love language! It’s also a huge part of my culture and my upbringing. Sharing my random outbursts of song to my coworkers is my way of sharing who I am, where I come from, and how proud I am to be just that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This May, we want to celebrate Asian\/Pacific American Heritage Month and the many generations fortifying our nation’s historical fabric and playing an important part in our future success. In this 60-second interview series, we’ll speak with some of our own employees to learn more about their culture and how they celebrate Asian\/Pacific American Heritage Month. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":41844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[629,712,713,714,351,715],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}