.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz failed to picture that people day she would operate at NASA. Today, she acts as specialized task coordinator at NASA's Langley Proving ground in Virginia, sustaining its own Aeronautics Analysis Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's posture needs her to journey on behalf of social involvement celebrations as well as lately she supported NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the company's cubicle included Spanish-language STEM products.Something, or, somebody, made this celebration especially distinct for Cruz-Diaz: Her child, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently providing in the United States Marine Corps as well as is actually stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a stroke of luck, they were actually each functioning the exact same occasion for their particular companies. Residing on opposite edges of the nation, they hadn't found one another face to face for virtually a year. Along with shock as well as delight, they embraced.Growing up in a Puerto Rican home, conversations regarding core market values hinged on family, Martinez-Cruz said. He remembered viewing his mama operate at NASA as well as really feeling influenced through her work principles. That level of commitment managed in the family." Israel as well as I would certainly carpool," she said. "He will drop me off at Langley and after that he will go on his method to his plane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz functions as a sky web traffic controller, job that Cruz-Diaz understood about however had certainly never found face to face." He is actually revealed to me what his project involves but taking an excursion of his project web site provides me a whole brand new understanding," she said after a tour of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is actually pleased to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the annual celebration recognizing the vast and rich pasts, lifestyles, and payments of the Hispanic as well as Latino area. In words of NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Forward and also up!".