.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn't think of that one day she will work at NASA. Today, she acts as specialized job planner at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, supporting its Aeronautics Research Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's posture needs her to travel in support of social interaction activities and also recently she supported NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the organization's cubicle included Spanish-language STEM products.Something, or rather, an individual, created this activity particularly special for Cruz-Diaz: Her child, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently serving in the United States Marine Corps as well as is stationed at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a movement of blessing, they were both working the same occasion for their respective employers. Residing on contrary edges of the country, they had not viewed each other personally for nearly a year. Along with unpleasant surprise and also joy, they hugged.Maturing in a Puerto Rican household, discussions regarding primary worths revolved around family, Martinez-Cruz mentioned. He remembered finding his mama work at NASA as well as really feeling influenced through her job principles. That level of dedication operated in the family members." Israel and also I would certainly carpool," she claimed. "He will lose me off at Langley and then he will go on his means to his airplane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz functions as a sky web traffic controller, work that Cruz-Diaz learnt about but had certainly never found in person." He is actually detailed to me what his task includes however taking a tour of his work site offers me a whole brand new understanding," she stated after a trip of the air traffic control service tower.NASA is proud to commemorate National Hispanic Ancestry Month, the annual celebration honoring the broad and also abundant past histories, lifestyles, as well as additions of the Hispanic and also Latino community. In the words of NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Forward and up!".