.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz failed to visualize that one day she would certainly operate at NASA. Today, she works as specialized job planner at NASA's Langley in Virginia, supporting its Flight Research study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's posture needs her to take a trip in support of public involvement events as well as just recently she supported NASA's presence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the agency's booth featured Spanish-language stalk materials.One thing, or, an individual, made this activity especially unique for Cruz-Diaz: Her child, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is currently serving in the USA Marine Corps as well as is actually pointed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a stroke of serendipity, they were actually both functioning the exact same occasion for their particular employers. Surviving on contrary edges of the nation, they hadn't observed one another face to face for almost a year. With unpleasant surprise as well as pleasure, they embraced.Growing up in a Puerto Rican household, chats regarding center market values revolved around household, Martinez-Cruz said. He recalled finding his mommy operate at NASA as well as really feeling influenced by her work ethic. That amount of devotion ran in the family." Israel and I will carpool," she stated. "He will fall me off at Langley and afterwards he would take place his means to his aircraft mechanic university.".Martinez-Cruz serves as a sky web traffic operator, job that Cruz-Diaz learnt about however had actually never ever viewed face to face." He's clarified to me what his task entails yet taking a scenic tour of his task site provides me an entire brand new understanding," she mentioned after a tour of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is actually proud to celebrate National Hispanic Ancestry Month, the annual celebration honoring the broad and also abundant past histories, cultures, as well as payments of the Hispanic and Latino area. In the words of NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Onward and up!".