The activities of the committee aren’t new. It’s been fea- Meet your Health tured previously in The B6 Flyer. But we wanted you to know a little bit about the members themselves, so we asked each one to write a short bio that we could share. & Safety Committee Here they are:

Elizabeth Ortiz Shane Rog- Anthony then accepted the position of Liz Ortiz is a New ers-Mauro, Inflight Duty Lead. He returned to the Jersey native who Chairman line in 2017. When not flying the line, loved Luquillo A Louisiana he enjoys traveling, cooking, garden- Beach in Puerto native, Shane ing, yoga, and spending time with his Rico so much, she Rogers-Mauro family, friends, and partner. moved there! At started at Jet- sixteen years old, Blue in February she attended Rut- 2012 and served Abigail Reyes gers University and studied psychol- as the FLL Base Lead for years. He Abigail was born ogy and nursing. After her career at is the Health and Safety Committee in the Philippines, Northwest Airlines, she began JetBlue chairman and an active member of the calls Jacksonville in 2009 and was an organizer and Legislative Affairs Committee. Shane home and lives Base Lead in Fort Lauderdale during has degrees in Pre-Med/Biology and in Orlando. She the TWU campaign. Liz loves dancing, Chemistry. has degrees in especially Salsa Dancing. Her hobbies Shane began his flight attendant Health and Coun- include feeding stray dogs and cats in career in the early 1980’s at Pacific seling. Prior to Puerto Rico, reading and relaxing on the Southwest Airlines, which later be- JetBlue, she was base representative beach. She currently serves not only on came USAir. He advocated for such at another airline and is passionate the Health and Safety Committee, but items as the mandatory eight-hour rest about safety in all aspects of life. In also the Grievance Committee and the for flight attendants and worked with her spare time, she enjoys swimming, Professional Standards Committee. the late Sen. Ted Kennedy on a clean Bikram yoga and painting. air act for aircraft, effectively banning smoking on commercial flights. He was Nick Campanile one of 38 flight attendants who sued Oswald Torres Nick Campanile is “Big Tobacco” and won, with proceeds Oswald Torres a Chicago resi- of the class action winnings creating was born and dent who joined the “Smoke Free America” campaign. raised in New United Airlines in York but considers 1986 in positions himself a citizen above, below and Anthony Falcone of the world. He in-between the A New York City loves to travel wings in various native who grew and explore new cities, including Chicago, Washing- up in a union fam- places. Oswald began his JetBlue ton, DC and Baltimore. He also took ily, Anthony be- journey in January 2008 and has held temporary duty assignments in New lieves in the unity various positions at JFK both below York, Boston and San Francisco. and worker ben- and above the wing. He is also part of After a brief break in 2013 from an efits union mem- JetBlue’s Care and Ready teams that “early out” offer, Nick rejoined the bership provides. He has a passion for serve our crewmembers and cus- airline industry in June 2015 as a helping others and served two Special tomers in time of need. Oswald has flight attendant based in Boston. Assignments at JFK assisting crew- a passion to help others in any way Nick is passionate about making members with a variety of services. he can, from feeding the homeless to sure our Inflight Crewmembers He became a full-time Inflight Team just being a listening ear. return from trips whole, healthy and Leader, enabling him to advocate for able to go out again. He is dedicated crewmembers, facilitate new hire orien- to ensuring that they are supported tations, and work alongside a team of in these goals. leaders, helping to prepare others to be their best in their careers. Curious about the intricacies of airline operations,