Diamond Member SpaceMan 0 Posted October 13 Diamond Member Share Posted October 13 2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Yomayra Cruz-Diaz, technical project coordinator at NASA Langley with her son, ******* Martinez-Cruz. Martinez-Cruz is serving in the ******* States Marine Corps and is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.NASA / Jessica Arreola Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn’t imagine that one day she would work at NASA. Today, she serves as technical project coordinator at NASA’s This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up in Virginia, supporting its This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Cruz-Diaz’s position requires her to travel in support of public engagement events and recently she supported NASA’s presence at the Miramar Airshow in San Diego, California where the agency’s booth featured This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up materials. Something, or rather, someone, made this event especially unique for Cruz-Diaz: Her son, ******* Martinez-Cruz, is currently serving in the ******* States Marine Corps and is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. In a ******* of serendipity, they were both working the same event for their respective employers. Living on opposite sides of the country, they hadn’t seen each other in person for nearly a year. With surprise and joy, they hugged. Growing up in a Puerto Rican household, conversations about core values revolved around family, Martinez-Cruz said. He recalled seeing his mom work at NASA and feeling inspired by her work ethic. That level of commitment ran in the family. “******* and I would carpool,” she said. “He would drop me off at Langley and then he would go on his way to his aircraft mechanic school.” Martinez-Cruz serves as an air traffic controller, work that Cruz-Diaz knew about but had never seen in person. “He’s explained to me what his job entails but taking a tour of his job site gives me a whole new understanding,” she said after a tour of the air traffic control tower. NASA is proud to celebrate This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , the annual observance honoring the wide and rich histories, cultures, and contributions of the Hispanic and Latino community. 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