.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz really did not visualize that time she would work at NASA. Today, she functions as technological venture coordinator at NASA's Langley in Virginia, assisting its Aeronautics Investigation Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's position needs her to journey in support of public engagement celebrations and also recently she sustained NASA's existence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the company's cubicle included Spanish-language stalk products.Something, or, a person, created this occasion specifically distinct for Cruz-Diaz: Her child, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is currently providing in the USA Marine Corps and also is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a movement of luck, they were each operating the very same celebration for their respective companies. Living on opposite sides of the nation, they had not observed one another in person for virtually a year. With surprise and pleasure, they hugged.Growing in a Puerto Rican household, chats regarding center market values focused on loved ones, Martinez-Cruz said. He recollected seeing his mom operate at NASA and also feeling motivated through her job ethic. That amount of commitment ran in the family members." Israel and also I would carpool," she claimed. "He would certainly lose me off at Langley and afterwards he would certainly happen his technique to his plane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz functions as an air website traffic controller, work that Cruz-Diaz learnt about yet had actually certainly never seen in person." He's discussed to me what his work includes yet taking a trip of his job web site offers me a whole new understanding," she said after a scenic tour of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is actually honored to commemorate National Hispanic Ancestry Month, the yearly celebration recognizing the vast and abundant past histories, societies, and payments of the Hispanic and also Latino area. In the words of NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Forward as well as up!".