.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn't picture that a person time she will work at NASA. Today, she acts as technological task planner at NASA's Langley in Virginia, sustaining its own Astronautics Analysis Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's setting needs her to take a trip on behalf of social engagement occasions and recently she sustained NASA's existence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the agency's cubicle included Spanish-language STEM products.One thing, or, a person, created this celebration specifically distinct for Cruz-Diaz: Her boy, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is currently offering in the United States Marine Corps and also is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a movement of serendipity, they were actually both working the exact same event for their particular companies. Living on contrary sides of the country, they had not observed one another in person for nearly a year. With shock and happiness, they hugged.Growing up in a Puerto Rican house, discussions about primary worths hinged on family, Martinez-Cruz mentioned. He recalled finding his mama work at NASA as well as experiencing inspired through her work values. That amount of dedication managed in the loved ones." Israel and I would carpool," she said. "He would certainly lose me off at Langley and after that he will go on his technique to his plane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz functions as an air web traffic operator, work that Cruz-Diaz learnt about yet had actually certainly never observed in person." He's discussed to me what his project entails however taking a tour of his project web site offers me a whole new understanding," she mentioned after a scenic tour of the air traffic control service tower.NASA is actually glad to celebrate National Hispanic Culture Month, the yearly celebration recognizing the wide and also abundant past histories, lifestyles, and contributions of the Hispanic as well as Latino neighborhood. In words of NASA Administrator Costs Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Forward as well as upward!".