.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz really did not think of that people time she would operate at NASA. Today, she functions as specialized task organizer at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, assisting its Aviation Investigation Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement demands her to travel in support of public engagement events as well as lately she sustained NASA's presence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the firm's cubicle included Spanish-language STEM materials.Something, or, an individual, created this occasion especially unique for Cruz-Diaz: Her child, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is currently offering in the USA Marine Corps and also is stationed at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a movement of luck, they were actually each functioning the same occasion for their respective companies. Residing on opposite edges of the country, they hadn't seen each other face to face for virtually a year. With surprise as well as pleasure, they embraced.Growing up in a Puerto Rican house, talks concerning primary worths focused on loved ones, Martinez-Cruz said. He remembered viewing his mama operate at NASA and really feeling motivated through her job principles. That amount of devotion managed in the family." Israel and I would certainly carpool," she said. "He will lose me off at Langley and afterwards he will happen his method to his airplane mechanic institution.".Martinez-Cruz acts as a sky traffic controller, work that Cruz-Diaz knew about yet had certainly never found personally." He's explained to me what his project entails yet taking a scenic tour of his project internet site offers me a whole new understanding," she claimed after an excursion of the air traffic control service tower.NASA is honored to commemorate National Hispanic Culture Month, the yearly celebration honoring the vast and also abundant histories, societies, and contributions of the Hispanic as well as Latino area. In words of NASA Supervisor Bill Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Forward as well as upward!".