.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz really did not visualize that people time she would operate at NASA. Today, she works as specialized task organizer at NASA's Langley in Virginia, assisting its Aviation Research Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's setting needs her to travel on behalf of public involvement celebrations and also lately she sustained NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the firm's booth included Spanish-language stalk components.Something, or rather, somebody, made this occasion specifically one-of-a-kind for Cruz-Diaz: Her son, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually presently offering in the United States Marine Corps and also is actually posted at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a stroke of blessing, they were each operating the same activity for their particular companies. Residing on opposite sides of the country, they had not observed one another personally for virtually a year. Along with unpleasant surprise and also pleasure, they embraced.Growing up in a Puerto Rican household, discussions regarding primary market values revolved around family members, Martinez-Cruz stated. He recalled viewing his mom work at NASA and experiencing motivated by her work principles. That level of dedication operated in the family members." Israel as well as I would certainly carpool," she pointed out. "He will lose me off at Langley and afterwards he would take place his means to his aircraft mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz works as an air traffic operator, work that Cruz-Diaz learnt about but had actually certainly never observed face to face." He's discussed to me what his project requires but taking an excursion of his task web site provides me a whole brand-new understanding," she claimed after a scenic tour of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is actually pleased to commemorate National Hispanic Culture Month, the yearly observance recognizing the wide as well as rich backgrounds, lifestyles, as well as contributions of the Hispanic and also Latino neighborhood. In the words of NASA Manager Bill Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Onward as well as upwards!".