.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz really did not think of that people day she would operate at NASA. Today, she acts as specialized venture planner at NASA's Langley in Virginia, sustaining its Aeronautics Research study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's position demands her to travel in support of social interaction activities as well as lately she assisted NASA's existence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the firm's booth featured Spanish-language STEM components.Something, or, an individual, made this occasion specifically special for Cruz-Diaz: Her boy, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently providing in the United States Marine Corps and also is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a stroke of blessing, they were actually each functioning the same celebration for their particular companies. Residing on opposite sides of the country, they hadn't seen each other personally for almost a year. With shock and also happiness, they hugged.Growing in a Puerto Rican household, conversations concerning primary worths revolved around family members, Martinez-Cruz claimed. He recollected seeing his mama work at NASA and experiencing influenced through her work values. That degree of dedication operated in the family." Israel and I would certainly carpool," she said. "He would lose me off at Langley and then he will take place his way to his aircraft mechanic school.".Martinez-Cruz acts as a sky traffic controller, job that Cruz-Diaz understood about but had actually never ever seen face to face." He is actually clarified to me what his job involves yet taking a trip of his project internet site offers me an entire new understanding," she mentioned after an excursion of the air traffic control high rise.NASA is pleased to celebrate National Hispanic Ancestry Month, the annual celebration honoring the large and also rich pasts, cultures, as well as contributions of the Hispanic and Latino neighborhood. In words of NASA Manager Costs Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Onward and also upward!".