.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz really did not visualize that people time she would certainly work at NASA. Today, she functions as technical task planner at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, supporting its own Flight Research study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement demands her to take a trip in support of public interaction events and just recently she assisted NASA's presence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the company's cubicle featured Spanish-language STEM components.One thing, or rather, an individual, made this celebration specifically unique for Cruz-Diaz: Her kid, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually presently serving in the United States Marine Corps and also is pointed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a stroke of serendipity, they were actually both functioning the same occasion for their respective employers. Surviving contrary sides of the nation, they had not viewed each other personally for nearly a year. With shock and happiness, they embraced.Maturing in a Puerto Rican home, conversations about center worths hinged on family members, Martinez-Cruz said. He recalled finding his mom work at NASA and experiencing inspired by her work values. That amount of dedication managed in the family members." Israel and also I will carpool," she said. "He would certainly lose me off at Langley and after that he would go on his means to his aircraft mechanic school.".Martinez-Cruz works as an air traffic operator, job that Cruz-Diaz knew about but had never ever found personally." He's detailed to me what his project entails yet taking an excursion of his project website provides me an entire brand-new understanding," she stated after a scenic tour of the air traffic control tower.NASA is actually happy to commemorate National Hispanic Culture Month, the yearly celebration recognizing the large and rich past histories, cultures, as well as contributions of the Hispanic and Latino neighborhood. In the words of NASA Manager Bill Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Onward as well as upwards!".