.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz really did not picture that a person time she will work at NASA. Today, she serves as technical task coordinator at NASA's Langley in Virginia, assisting its own Flying Analysis Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement needs her to journey in support of public interaction occasions as well as recently she assisted NASA's existence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the organization's cubicle included Spanish-language STEM products.Something, or, a person, made this event particularly one-of-a-kind for Cruz-Diaz: Her son, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually presently providing in the United States Marine Corps as well as is actually pointed at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a stroke of blessing, they were actually each working the very same activity for their corresponding employers. Surviving contrary sides of the country, they had not observed each other personally for nearly a year. With unpleasant surprise and also delight, they hugged.Maturing in a Puerto Rican family, conversations regarding center values hinged on family members, Martinez-Cruz pointed out. He recalled finding his mother work at NASA and feeling inspired by her job ethic. That level of commitment operated in the household." Israel and also I will carpool," she pointed out. "He would fall me off at Langley and afterwards he will happen his method to his plane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz works as a sky visitor traffic controller, job that Cruz-Diaz learnt about but had never ever observed face to face." He's explained to me what his job entails yet taking a scenic tour of his work website offers me an entire brand new understanding," she pointed out after a tour of the air traffic control tower.NASA is actually glad to celebrate National Hispanic Culture Month, the annual observance honoring the broad and rich pasts, lifestyles, and also additions of the Hispanic and also Latino area. In words of NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Onward and also up!".