.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz really did not picture that time she would operate at NASA. Today, she functions as specialized project coordinator at NASA's Langley in Virginia, sustaining its own Flying Research Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's posture demands her to travel on behalf of public involvement events and just recently she supported NASA's presence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the agency's cubicle included Spanish-language STEM components.One thing, or, someone, made this celebration especially distinct for Cruz-Diaz: Her kid, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently serving in the USA Marine Corps and is actually pointed at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a movement of blessing, they were each functioning the exact same occasion for their corresponding companies. Surviving opposite sides of the country, they had not seen each other face to face for virtually a year. With surprise as well as pleasure, they embraced.Growing up in a Puerto Rican family, chats about core market values revolved around family, Martinez-Cruz said. He recalled finding his mother operate at NASA and feeling encouraged by her job values. That level of dedication operated in the family members." Israel and I would certainly carpool," she said. "He would certainly fall me off at Langley and then he would certainly take place his method to his airplane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz works as a sky website traffic controller, job that Cruz-Diaz found out about but had actually certainly never seen in person." He's discussed to me what his work involves however taking a scenic tour of his project site provides me an entire new understanding," she pointed out after a tour of the air traffic control high rise.NASA is actually happy to commemorate National Hispanic Ancestry Month, the annual observance honoring the large and rich histories, societies, as well as additions of the Hispanic as well as Latino neighborhood. In words of NASA Administrator Costs Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Forward and also upward!".