.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz really did not imagine that day she would operate at NASA. Today, she acts as technological venture organizer at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, supporting its own Air transportation Analysis Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's posture requires her to take a trip in support of public involvement events as well as just recently she sustained NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the organization's cubicle featured Spanish-language STEM components.One thing, or, someone, made this occasion particularly one-of-a-kind for Cruz-Diaz: Her boy, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually presently offering in the United States Marine Corps as well as is posted at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a movement of serendipity, they were both operating the very same celebration for their respective employers. Residing on opposite sides of the nation, they hadn't found each other in person for nearly a year. With unpleasant surprise and also delight, they hugged.Maturing in a Puerto Rican home, discussions concerning core values hinged on loved ones, Martinez-Cruz said. He recollected seeing his mom work at NASA as well as experiencing motivated through her work principles. That degree of dedication managed in the family members." Israel and also I would carpool," she claimed. "He will fall me off at Langley and then he will take place his method to his plane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz works as an air web traffic operator, work that Cruz-Diaz understood about but had certainly never seen in person." He's described to me what his project entails but taking a scenic tour of his job site provides me a whole new understanding," she mentioned after a tour of the air traffic control tower.NASA is glad to commemorate National Hispanic Culture Month, the yearly observance recognizing the broad as well as rich pasts, lifestyles, and also additions of the Hispanic and Latino area. In words of NASA Administrator Expense Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Forward and also up!".