.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn't think of that one time she would certainly work at NASA. Today, she acts as technological venture organizer at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, supporting its own Astronautics Research Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's posture demands her to take a trip in support of public interaction celebrations and recently she assisted NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the firm's cubicle included Spanish-language STEM components.One thing, or, an individual, created this event particularly unique for Cruz-Diaz: Her son, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently offering in the United States Marine Corps and also is actually pointed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a stroke of blessing, they were actually each functioning the exact same celebration for their corresponding companies. Surviving contrary sides of the nation, they had not viewed one another face to face for nearly a year. Along with shock and also delight, they hugged.Growing up in a Puerto Rican home, conversations regarding primary market values focused on family, Martinez-Cruz claimed. He recollected finding his mama operate at NASA and also feeling encouraged by her job values. That degree of commitment operated in the household." Israel and I would certainly carpool," she mentioned. "He would certainly drop me off at Langley and then he would certainly happen his way to his plane mechanic school.".Martinez-Cruz functions as an air traffic operator, job that Cruz-Diaz understood about but had certainly never seen personally." He is actually clarified to me what his project calls for but taking an excursion of his work internet site provides me a whole new understanding," she claimed after a scenic tour of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is proud to commemorate National Hispanic Culture Month, the yearly observance recognizing the wide and also abundant records, lifestyles, as well as payments of the Hispanic and Latino community. In words of NASA Supervisor Bill Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Forward as well as up!".