.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz really did not envision that day she would certainly operate at NASA. Today, she serves as specialized job coordinator at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, assisting its own Astronautics Study Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's placement demands her to take a trip in support of public involvement celebrations and lately she sustained NASA's existence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the firm's cubicle featured Spanish-language stalk products.Something, or, an individual, created this activity especially special for Cruz-Diaz: Her boy, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually presently offering in the USA Marine Corps and is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar..In a stroke of blessing, they were actually both operating the exact same event for their respective employers. Residing on contrary edges of the country, they hadn't seen each other personally for almost a year. Along with unpleasant surprise and also delight, they embraced.Maturing in a Puerto Rican home, discussions about primary values hinged on household, Martinez-Cruz said. He recollected finding his mama work at NASA as well as feeling inspired by her work principles. 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 would go on his way to his plane mechanic university.".Martinez-Cruz acts as a sky web traffic controller, work that Cruz-Diaz understood about but had never ever observed face to face." He is actually described to me what his task entails but taking a tour of his job site offers me an entire new understanding," she claimed after an excursion of the air traffic control service high rise.NASA is actually happy to commemorate National Hispanic Culture Month, the annual observance recognizing the broad and rich records, societies, and also payments of the Hispanic and also Latino community. In the words of NASA Supervisor Bill Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Forward as well as upwards!".