.Lee esta historia en Espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Patricia Ortiz is actually proud to become a first-generation Salvadoran American. Her mommy, born and elevated in El Salvador, involved the United States for a far better possibility despite not understanding any person or the English language.As a job manager for Area Tasks as well as Relationships at NASA's Armstrong Air travel in Edwards, The golden state, Ortiz manages various room as well as aeronautics jobs for brand new innovations that start coming from the onset to the completion. This includes appointment with partners, working with management and also managing the venture for efficiency as well as mission effectiveness.While reassessing her quest to NASA, Ortiz honors her mommy for her resiliency and the effect she had on her. "My mama encountered a great deal of challenge in concerning this nation, but she involved this country to make sure that I could possibly perform this." This brave choice to move to a strange place was what opened the door for Ortiz to at some point benefit NASA.Ortiz delights in keeping linked to her Salvadoran roots as well as one means she performs this is actually via food items. Her beloved meal: the pupusa. "My mother makes the most effective pupusas along with chicharru00f3n [pig], cheese, as well as curtido [cabbage slaw] It is actually therefore delicious!".NASA is commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month by sharing the rich pasts, cultures and enthusiasms of employees who help in developing the agency's purpose and also excellence for the advantage of all humanity. This month-long, yearly event honors and recognizes the Hispanic and also Latino Americans that have efficiently affected as well as enriched our nation and culture.