.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz failed to think of that people time she would certainly work at NASA. Today, she functions as specialized task organizer at NASA's Langley in Virginia, sustaining its Astronautics Research study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's posture demands her to journey on behalf of public involvement activities and recently she sustained NASA's presence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the company's booth included Spanish-language STEM components.Something, or, a person, made this activity specifically unique for Cruz-Diaz: Her kid, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently providing in the United States Marine Corps and also is actually posted at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a stroke of luck, they were each working the exact same occasion for their respective companies. Surviving on opposite edges of the country, they had not seen each other in person for almost a year. With shock and also happiness, they embraced.Maturing in a Puerto Rican family, talks regarding core worths focused on loved ones, Martinez-Cruz claimed. He remembered finding his mama operate at NASA as well as feeling influenced by her work principles. That level of devotion operated in the loved ones." Israel and I would certainly carpool," she said. "He would drop me off at Langley and then he would happen his means to his airplane mechanic institution.".Martinez-Cruz functions as a sky traffic operator, job that Cruz-Diaz knew about but had never ever seen in person." He is actually described to me what his task includes yet taking a scenic tour of his project site gives me an entire brand new understanding," she stated after a trip of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is happy to commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the annual observance honoring the vast and rich histories, cultures, and additions of the Hispanic and also Latino neighborhood. In words of NASA Manager Costs Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Onward as well as upward!".