Sister Sisters with Izzi Early Education Staff
Happy National Siblings Day! Here at Izzi, we love to celebrate everyone, especially siblings. Siblings are like built-in best friends. You fight, laugh, and cry, but they’re always there for you no matter what. I caught up with some of Izzi’s siblings and asked them what they like and how much they know about each other. - Jonathan Oei, Development and Marketing Intern
Nermin and Firouz
Firoz: Hi, my name is Firoz Andafi. I've been working for the company for almost 5 years.
Nermin: I’m Nermin Askandafi, and I've been here for 9 years. I work with the preschoolers.
Krystal and Yessenia
Krystal: My name is Krystal Flores Espinoza, and I am the Home Based Manager for North County.
Yessenia: Yessenia Flores-Guzman and I am the site manager for South San Francisco
Question: Who’s the oldest and who’s the youngest?
Firoz: I’m the oldest one. Between me and Nermin we are 6 years apart.
Krystal: Yessenia is the oldest and I’m the youngest.
Question: What’s your favorite thing about each other?
Nermin: That's a hard question… Firouz, you’re the oldest…
Firoz: She is more outgoing. More active than me.
Krystal: For me my favorite thing about Yessenia is her strong will. She is very determined, and she always gets what she wants.
Yessenia: You know I love everything about her. She's amazing and I mean I realized she works hard for what she wants and she gets it.
Question: What is your favorite childhood memory of/with each other?
Nermin: There's a lot… I just remember annoying her a lot, haha.
Firouz: *Laughing*
Yessenia: My favorite memory with my sister is growing up and playing soccer. I think that always stays close to the heart and something we love. I love that it includes us all.
Krystal: I have to agree. The soccer days though I wasn't a much fan of playing, but I loved being able to watch my sister play.
Question: Do you know each other's favorite TV show?
Firoz: We both like our drama. We watch it every day.
Krystal: I think we have common tastes in tv shows. The Chicago series are each other's favorites, Chicago Fire and Chicago PD.
Question: What were your childhood nicknames?
Firoz: Sometimes… haha like I’ll say Nermoonie.
Nermin: Haha yeah, we just shortened each other's names.
Krystal: For Yessenia it's Benya.
Yessenia: *Laughing* I’m not allowed to share her childhood nickname.
Krystal: We don't want it out there.. haha
Question: Is there a tradition you guys did as kids that you do now?
Firoz: We just love to enjoy being together and being with each other’s family and kids
Nermin: There’s nothing specific, but we just celebrate like every year.
Krystal: Family Photos! Was that what you were going to say?
Yessenia: You took it!
Krystal: We take family photos every year like clockwork. We gotten bigger as a family so there's a lot more members
Question: Describe your sibling in three words?
Firoz: Let me think about it…
Nermin: I think she’s like, how do you say it? She likes to overthink stuff, calm, and she's nutritious. She likes to take care of everybody.
Firoz: She's the same, if you need anyone she's always willing to help especially when I came. My English wasn't good, and she helped me out a lot.
Nermin: She's sweet and beautiful.
Firoz: Haha yeah, she’s sweet and beautiful .
Yessenia: Beautiful, smart, and outgoing
Krystal: Mine for Yessenia is motherly, determined, and relentless.
Question: Who is the funniest sibling?
Firoz: Nermin! Nermin!
Nermin: Her!
Krystal: I think we’re both funny in our own way.
Yessenia: I think it depends on the situation and day to be honest.
Thank you Firoz, Nermin, Krystal, and Yessenia for sharing your sibling relationship with us!
