.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn't envision that one day she will work at NASA. Today, she serves as technical job coordinator at NASA's Langley in Virginia, sustaining its own Aeronautics Research Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement requires her to take a trip on behalf of social involvement occasions and also lately she assisted NASA's presence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the agency's display included Spanish-language stalk products.Something, or, an individual, made this celebration particularly distinct for Cruz-Diaz: Her son, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently serving in the USA Marine Corps as well as is actually stationed at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a movement of serendipity, they were actually each operating the exact same activity for their particular companies. Surviving opposite edges of the country, they had not seen one another in person for virtually a year. With shock and also happiness, they hugged.Maturing in a Puerto Rican house, discussions regarding center market values focused on family, Martinez-Cruz pointed out. He recollected seeing his mom work at NASA as well as really feeling motivated by her job ethic. That level of devotion managed in the household." Israel and also I would certainly carpool," she pointed out. "He would lose me off at Langley and after that he would certainly go on his means to his plane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz serves as a sky traffic controller, work that Cruz-Diaz learnt about yet had actually never observed face to face." He's clarified to me what his project involves but taking a trip of his task internet site gives me a whole brand-new understanding," she said after a trip of the air traffic control service tower.NASA is glad to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the annual observance honoring the wide and also wealthy backgrounds, lifestyles, as well as payments of the Hispanic and Latino area. In the words of NASA Manager Costs Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Onward and upwards!".