.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Maturing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz failed to envision that people day she will operate at NASA. Today, she acts as specialized task organizer at NASA's Langley Proving ground in Virginia, assisting its Astronautics Study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's position demands her to journey in support of public involvement events and recently she assisted NASA's presence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the company's booth included Spanish-language stalk materials.One thing, or, a person, created this event particularly unique for Cruz-Diaz: Her son, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently serving in the United States Marine Corps and also is posted at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a stroke of serendipity, they were actually both working the very same activity for their particular employers. Surviving on opposite sides of the country, they hadn't viewed one another personally for nearly a year. Along with surprise and also delight, they embraced.Growing in a Puerto Rican home, talks about core worths hinged on family, Martinez-Cruz stated. He recalled observing his mommy operate at NASA and also feeling motivated through her job values. That level of dedication ran in the family members." Israel as well as I would carpool," she claimed. "He would drop me off at Langley and after that he will go on his way to his airplane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz functions as an air traffic controller, work that Cruz-Diaz understood about yet had never ever observed personally." He's described to me what his work involves but taking a scenic tour of his job internet site offers me an entire brand-new understanding," she claimed after a tour of the air traffic control service tower.NASA is pleased to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the annual observance recognizing the vast and abundant backgrounds, cultures, as well as contributions of the Hispanic and Latino community. In the words of NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Forward as well as upwards!".