.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn't think of that a person time she would certainly work at NASA. Today, she works as technical job planner at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, supporting its own Astronautics Research Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement needs her to take a trip in support of public engagement occasions as well as lately she supported NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the organization's display included Spanish-language stalk materials.Something, or rather, someone, made this celebration especially special for Cruz-Diaz: Her son, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is presently serving in the USA Marine Corps and is stationed at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a movement of luck, they were each operating the very same occasion for their particular companies. Surviving on opposite sides of the country, they had not seen one another face to face for virtually a year. With surprise and also happiness, they embraced.Growing up in a Puerto Rican family, chats concerning core values focused on household, Martinez-Cruz claimed. He remembered viewing his mommy operate at NASA and experiencing encouraged by her job ethic. That degree of commitment operated in the family." Israel and also I would certainly carpool," she said. "He would lose me off at Langley and then he would certainly happen his way to his aircraft mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz acts as a sky visitor traffic operator, job that Cruz-Diaz knew about yet had actually certainly never viewed personally." He is actually revealed to me what his job includes however taking a scenic tour of his job site offers me a whole new understanding," she stated after a scenic tour of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is honored to commemorate National Hispanic Ancestry Month, the annual observance honoring the vast and abundant pasts, cultures, as well as additions of the Hispanic and Latino community. In words of NASA Manager Costs Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Forward and also up!".