Elizabeth Romano is the Senior Director of Operations at Food Bank For New York City’s Warehouse & Distribution Center in the Bronx. Each day, she shows up early and leaves late to make sure life-changing produce, hygiene products, and shelf-stable goods reach the homes of those who need them most.
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Elizabeth Romano at Food Bank’s Warehouse & Distribution Center in the Bronx.
When Liz was growing up with five siblings in the Bronx, that home was her own, and she recalls waiting on long pantry lines with her mother to get food for their family. But at the time, she didn’t even realize that’s what they were doing, as the pantry workers always treated them with such warmth, dignity, and respect.
Elizabeth with her younger siblings.
Now, Liz gets to return that energy right back to the city she loves. “At the end of the night, I know that our work helped feed somebody today,” she told us. “Our donors help any sibling that has to go out and stand in a pantry line with their parent… it can be anything that changes your life.”
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