.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn't think of that a person day she will operate at NASA. Today, she works as technological venture planner at NASA's Langley in Virginia, assisting its own Flight Research study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's position demands her to take a trip in support of social engagement events and also just recently she assisted NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the organization's cubicle featured Spanish-language STEM components.Something, or rather, an individual, created this event especially unique for Cruz-Diaz: Her son, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is presently offering in the USA Marine Corps as well as is actually pointed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a movement of luck, they were actually both working the very same event for their particular employers. Residing on opposite edges of the country, they hadn't observed each other in person for virtually a year. Along with surprise as well as joy, they embraced.Maturing in a Puerto Rican house, chats regarding center worths focused on loved ones, Martinez-Cruz mentioned. He remembered finding his mama operate at NASA and also feeling influenced by her job values. That level of dedication managed in the family." Israel and also I would carpool," she mentioned. "He would certainly lose me off at Langley and after that he will take place his method to his airplane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz serves as a sky traffic operator, work that Cruz-Diaz found out about however had never found face to face." He's clarified to me what his task includes but taking a tour of his job site provides me a whole brand-new understanding," she claimed after an excursion of the air traffic control service tower.NASA is actually honored to celebrate National Hispanic Ancestry Month, the yearly observance honoring the vast as well as wealthy pasts, cultures, and additions of the Hispanic as well as Latino neighborhood. In the words of NASA Supervisor Costs Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Forward and up!".