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Sandra Cisneros
Director
Airline Services
Los Angeles, CA
Sandra boasts 25 years in the aviation industry assisting airlines serving as an Airline Liaison at US airports. Expert at spearheading capital project and steering financial and technical review, airports and airlines rely on her guidance. She previously worked at JetBlue in Airport Affairs in the Caribbean and Latin America. Currently she calls the West Coast home but grew up in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago surrounded by artists, and the special energy of Community, predominately Mexican at the time. She dances tango and loves cooking risotto.
Q & A with Sandra
Where is the best place you’ve traveled to and why?
Mexico City, it reminds me of who I am and my culture through the food and people. And Tokyo, the culture is something we as Americans can learn from: there is kindness and generosity that I’ve never seen anywhere else in the world. You could leave your wallet on the ground and come back in 24hrs, and no one would touch it. People go out of their way to help. It’s remarkable.
What is your favorite movie, and why?
Steel Magnolias it showcases the strength of women helping each other and being there for each other.
What professional project are you most proud of?
Launching US flights into Cuba when I was working with JetBlue, we only had 9-10 months to get it off the ground. The goal was to be the first airline to be on the ground before any other airline.
Tell us something surprising about yourself:
I love cooking and hosting dinners for my friends and family and have professional culinary training. I apprenticed with a Cordon Bleu trained chef and was his sous chef for several month. I had the opportunity to prepare a Christmas Lunch for Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and in 2007 I enrolled in certificate program at the New School of Cooking, Culver City.
