.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz really did not imagine that one time she would operate at NASA. Today, she functions as technological task planner at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, assisting its own Flying Research study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement needs her to take a trip on behalf of social engagement occasions and also just recently she sustained NASA's presence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the organization's display featured Spanish-language stalk products.Something, or, somebody, made this activity specifically unique for Cruz-Diaz: Her boy, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently offering in the United States Marine Corps as well as is actually posted at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a movement of blessing, they were both functioning the same celebration for their corresponding employers. Surviving on contrary edges of the country, they hadn't observed one another face to face for almost a year. With unpleasant surprise and pleasure, they embraced.Growing up in a Puerto Rican household, talks about center worths revolved around loved ones, Martinez-Cruz stated. He recalled observing his mommy operate at NASA and really feeling encouraged by her job ethic. That amount of devotion operated in the family." Israel as well as I will carpool," she claimed. "He would fall me off at Langley and afterwards he would certainly happen his way to his plane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz functions as a sky traffic operator, job that Cruz-Diaz knew about however had never ever observed in person." He's clarified to me what his work involves but taking a scenic tour of his work internet site provides me an entire brand-new understanding," she pointed out after a tour of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is proud to celebrate National Hispanic Ancestry Month, the yearly observance recognizing the large as well as abundant records, lifestyles, as well as additions of the Hispanic and Latino neighborhood. In words of NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Forward as well as up!".