.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn't visualize that time she would certainly work at NASA. Today, she works as technical task planner at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, assisting its Aeronautics Investigation Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement requires her to journey on behalf of public engagement occasions and just recently she sustained NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, The golden state where the agency's booth featured Spanish-language STEM materials.Something, or rather, somebody, created this occasion especially distinct for Cruz-Diaz: Her son, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually presently offering in the USA Marine Corps and is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a stroke of serendipity, they were each working the very same occasion for their corresponding employers. Surviving contrary sides of the nation, they hadn't found one another in person for almost a year. With unpleasant surprise as well as joy, they hugged.Growing in a Puerto Rican household, discussions regarding core worths revolved around family, Martinez-Cruz said. He remembered observing his mommy operate at NASA and also feeling encouraged by her job principles. That amount of commitment managed in the family members." Israel and also I would carpool," she mentioned. "He would certainly drop me off at Langley and then he will go on his method to his plane mechanic university.".Martinez-Cruz serves as an air web traffic controller, work that Cruz-Diaz knew about but had never ever found in person." He is actually explained to me what his work calls for however taking an excursion of his job web site offers me an entire brand new understanding," she stated after a trip of the air traffic control tower.NASA is actually honored to commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the annual celebration honoring the large and wealthy histories, lifestyles, and contributions of the Hispanic as well as Latino neighborhood. In the words of NASA Manager Expense Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Onward as well as up!".