.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn't think of that day she will operate at NASA. Today, she works as technical task coordinator at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, supporting its own Astronautics Study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's posture demands her to journey on behalf of social involvement celebrations and lately she assisted NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the company's booth included Spanish-language stalk products.One thing, or rather, someone, made this activity particularly distinct for Cruz-Diaz: Her child, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently offering in the USA Marine Corps and also is based at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a movement of luck, they were actually each operating the very same occasion for their corresponding companies. Surviving on opposite edges of the nation, they had not found one another in person for nearly a year. Along with shock as well as pleasure, they embraced.Growing up in a Puerto Rican home, talks concerning core values revolved around family members, Martinez-Cruz stated. He recalled finding his mother work at NASA and also really feeling motivated through her work ethic. That level of devotion ran in the household." Israel and I would certainly carpool," she stated. "He would certainly drop me off at Langley and after that he would take place his way to his plane mechanic school.".Martinez-Cruz serves as an air website traffic operator, job that Cruz-Diaz learnt about but had never ever seen personally." He's explained to me what his work requires however taking a scenic tour of his job website provides me an entire brand new understanding," she claimed after a trip of the air traffic control high rise.NASA is actually glad to commemorate National Hispanic Culture Month, the annual celebration honoring the vast as well as rich past histories, lifestyles, and payments of the Hispanic as well as Latino community. In the words of NASA Administrator Expense Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Forward as well as up!".