.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz failed to think of that a person time she would work at NASA. Today, she functions as specialized project organizer at NASA's Langley in Virginia, supporting its Flying Research Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's setting demands her to journey in support of public interaction events and also just recently she supported NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the agency's display featured Spanish-language stalk materials.One thing, or, an individual, created this activity specifically unique for Cruz-Diaz: Her boy, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently providing in the USA Marine Corps and is posted at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a stroke of blessing, they were actually both working the same event for their particular employers. Residing on contrary sides of the nation, they had not found one another personally for almost a year. With shock as well as pleasure, they embraced.Maturing in a Puerto Rican family, conversations about center market values hinged on family, Martinez-Cruz mentioned. He recalled finding his mama work at NASA as well as feeling encouraged by her work values. That level of devotion ran in the family members." Israel and also I will carpool," she mentioned. "He will fall me off at Langley and afterwards he would certainly happen his way to his plane mechanic school.".Martinez-Cruz acts as an air visitor traffic operator, work that Cruz-Diaz learnt about but had never ever found face to face." He is actually discussed to me what his project entails but taking a scenic tour of his project website provides me a whole new understanding," she mentioned after a scenic tour of the air traffic control tower.NASA is actually honored to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the yearly observance recognizing the wide and wealthy past histories, cultures, as well as contributions of the Hispanic and also Latino community. In the words of NASA Manager Costs Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Onward and also up!".