.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz failed to picture that one day she will operate at NASA. Today, she works as technical project coordinator at NASA's Langley Proving ground in Virginia, assisting its Aeronautics Study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement needs her to take a trip in support of social interaction activities and also just recently she supported NASA's existence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the agency's cubicle included Spanish-language STEM products.One thing, or, somebody, created this occasion especially distinct for Cruz-Diaz: Her son, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually presently providing in the United States Marine Corps as well as is actually stationed at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a stroke of blessing, they were actually each functioning the same occasion for their corresponding employers. Surviving on contrary sides of the country, they hadn't seen one another personally for virtually a year. With surprise as well as happiness, they embraced.Growing in a Puerto Rican house, talks regarding center worths focused on family members, Martinez-Cruz claimed. He recalled finding his mother operate at NASA and really feeling encouraged by her job ethic. That level of devotion operated in the family." Israel as well as I would carpool," she claimed. "He would certainly lose me off at Langley and after that he would take place his technique to his plane mechanic college.".Martinez-Cruz functions as a sky traffic controller, job that Cruz-Diaz knew about however had actually certainly never observed face to face." He is actually described to me what his work necessitates yet taking a scenic tour of his job site gives me an entire new understanding," she stated after a tour of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is actually honored to commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the annual celebration honoring the large and abundant records, societies, and also additions of the Hispanic as well as Latino area. In the words of NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or even "Forward and also upward!".