.Lee esta historia en espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Growing in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz failed to imagine that day she would work at NASA. Today, she functions as specialized task planner at NASA's Langley in Virginia, supporting its own Aviation Analysis Directorate..Cruz-Diaz's setting requires her to travel in support of public engagement activities and also lately she assisted NASA's visibility at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the organization's booth included Spanish-language stalk materials.One thing, or rather, someone, made this celebration particularly special for Cruz-Diaz: Her child, Israel Martinez-Cruz, is actually currently serving in the USA Marine Corps and is stationed at Marine Corps Air Base Miramar..In a movement of serendipity, they were both operating the exact same occasion for their respective companies. Surviving on contrary sides of the nation, they hadn't viewed one another face to face for almost a year. With unpleasant surprise and delight, they hugged.Maturing in a Puerto Rican home, chats about primary worths hinged on family members, Martinez-Cruz claimed. He remembered viewing his mom operate at NASA as well as feeling inspired by her job values. That amount of commitment operated in the loved ones." Israel as well as I would carpool," she claimed. "He would lose me off at Langley and after that he will happen his way to his plane mechanic institution.".Martinez-Cruz functions as a sky traffic operator, work that Cruz-Diaz learnt about yet had never observed face to face." He is actually discussed to me what his project involves but taking a scenic tour of his job site gives me an entire brand new understanding," she said after a scenic tour of the air traffic control service tower.NASA is actually proud to commemorate National Hispanic Ancestry Month, the annual celebration honoring the wide and also abundant past histories, lifestyles, and contributions of the Hispanic and also Latino neighborhood. In the words of NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, "Adelante y hacia arriba," or "Forward and upwards!".