{"id":268481,"date":"2024-08-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=268481"},"modified":"2024-08-29T12:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T12:40:35","slug":"lrc-italy-ln-employee-my-love-for-english-started-as-a-babysitter-for-army-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=268481","title":{"rendered":"LRC Italy LN employee: my love for English started as a babysitter for Army Families"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Sonia Zanfavero is an Italian host nation employee whose love for the English language began as a teenager when she was babysitting for U.S. Army Families in the Vicenza area. She said she still uses her language skills she acquired then in her job now as a workforce management analyst for Logistics Readiness Center Italy, 405th Army Field Support Brigade.
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VICENZA, Italy \u2013 When you listen to Sonia Zanfavero speak, you might think she\u2019s an American but she\u2019s not. The Italian host nation employee with Logistics Readiness Center Italy first started honing her mastery of the English language when she worked as a babysitter for U.S. Army Families stationed at Vicenza in the late \u201890s.<\/p>\n

She said she\u2019s still in contact with the families she babysat for all those years ago and considers this an important part of her life. And she still uses her language skills she acquired then in her job now as a workforce management analyst for LRC Italy, 405th Army Field Support Brigade.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s beautiful to know that you have been a part of someone\u2019s life, and after all these years they are still a part of mine,\u201d said the 38-year-old Italian who \u2013 beyond babysitting \u2013 has been supporting the U.S. Army Garrison Italy community for over 10 years, first at the Car Care Center on Caserma Ederle and now at the LRC.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt LRC Italy, one of my day-to-day responsibilities is managing the manning document. I make sure that all hiring actions are tracked and updated. Everything regarding new personnel \u2013 from the start of their hiring processes until the day they come on board \u2013 I support,\u201d said Zanfavero.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Zanfavero said she likes her work because she\u2019s always learning and always working to resolve new problems that arise. And she really enjoys working as a management analyst, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this job I actually have the opportunity to analyze data, which is something I really enjoy,\u201d Zanfavero said. \u201cIt\u2019s not even work for me. It\u2019s more like a game. It\u2019s like going to the playground, for a kid. I enjoy it very much.\u201d<\/p>\n

And when it comes to her mastery of the English language and her accent, or lack thereof, the LRC Italy employee of the quarter and later employee of the year said this is something she started learning and practicing as a teenager and something she\u2019s always enjoyed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always liked learning English. Even as a child and a teenager, I was always trying to find ways to improve my knowledge of the English language, and babysitting for American families definitely helped,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019m still in touch with all of them to this day, which is really a beautiful thing,\u201d said Zanfavero, who’s also very thankful to LRC Italy for all the opportunities she\u2019s had meeting good people and learning from them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis learning experience has given me the chance to meet a lot of wonderful people, people from here and people from across Europe, and that’s very nice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

LRC Italy is one of eight LRCs under the command and control of the 405th AFSB. LRCs execute installation logistics support and services to include supply, maintenance, and transportation as well as clothing issue facility operations, hazardous material management, personal property and household goods, passenger travel, non-tactical vehicle and garrison equipment management, and property book operations. When it comes to providing day-to-day installation services, LRC Italy directs, manages and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of USAG Italy.<\/p>\n

LRC Italy reports to the 405th AFSB, which is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment Command and headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The brigade provides materiel enterprise support to U.S. Forces throughout Europe and Africa \u2013 providing theater sustainment logistics; synchronizing acquisition, logistics and technology; and leveraging U.S. Army Materiel Command\u2019s materiel enterprise to support joint forces. For more information on the 405th AFSB, visit the official website<\/a> and the official Facebook site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sonia Zanfavero is an Italian host nation employee whose love for the English language began as a teenager when she was babysitting for U.S. Army Families in the Vicenza area. She said she still uses her language skills she acquired then in her job now as a workforce management analyst for Logistics Readiness Center Italy, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268483,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=268481"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268484,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268481\/revisions\/268484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/268483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=268481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=268481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=268481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}