.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn't envision that one time she would operate at NASA. Today, she functions as technological project coordinator at NASA's Langley Proving ground in Virginia, supporting its own Air transportation Analysis Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement demands her to take a trip in support of social involvement events and just recently she supported NASA's existence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the company's cubicle included Spanish-language stalk materials.Something, or rather, an individual, made this event particularly one-of-a-kind for Cruz-Diaz: Her kid, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is presently serving in the United States Marine Corps and also is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a stroke of luck, they were both working the very same occasion for their corresponding employers. Living on opposite sides of the nation, they had not found each other in person for nearly a year. Along with surprise and pleasure, they hugged.Growing in a Puerto Rican home, conversations about center worths focused on household, Martinez-Cruz mentioned. He recalled observing his mommy operate at NASA and also really feeling motivated by her job principles. That amount of devotion ran in the family." Israel and also I would certainly carpool," she mentioned. "He would certainly fall me off at Langley and after that he would take place his means to his aircraft mechanic university.".Martinez-Cruz serves as an air visitor traffic controller, work that Cruz-Diaz knew about but had never found face to face." He is actually explained to me what his project requires but taking a trip of his task website offers me a whole brand-new understanding," she pointed out after a tour of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is actually pleased to commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the annual celebration honoring the broad as well as abundant records, lifestyles, and contributions of the Hispanic and Latino community. In words of NASA Administrator Costs Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Onward as well as upward!".