.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn't think of that time she would certainly work at NASA. Today, she acts as specialized venture organizer at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, supporting its Flight Study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement demands her to journey in support of social involvement occasions and just recently she sustained NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the company's booth featured Spanish-language stalk products.Something, or rather, someone, made this activity specifically distinct for Cruz-Diaz: Her child, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is presently serving in the United States Marine Corps as well as is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a stroke of blessing, they were actually each operating the same celebration for their particular companies. Residing on contrary sides of the nation, they hadn't viewed each other personally for nearly a year. Along with shock and joy, they embraced.Growing in a Puerto Rican house, chats about primary market values hinged on family, Martinez-Cruz said. He recalled observing his mama work at NASA and experiencing motivated through her work ethic. That amount of devotion managed in the loved ones." Israel as well as I will carpool," she pointed out. "He would certainly lose me off at Langley and afterwards he would take place his means to his plane mechanic university.".Martinez-Cruz works as an air website traffic operator, job that Cruz-Diaz learnt about yet had never ever observed face to face." He's explained to me what his project involves however taking an excursion of his project internet site offers me an entire brand new understanding," she pointed out after a tour of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is proud to commemorate National Hispanic Ancestry Month, the yearly celebration recognizing the vast as well as rich past histories, societies, and payments of the Hispanic and also Latino community. In the words of NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Forward and upwards!".