.Lee esta historia en Espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Patricia Ortiz is actually pleased to be a first-generation Salvadoran American. Her mommy, born and also elevated in El Salvador, related to the USA for a better chance in spite of certainly not recognizing any individual or the English language.As a job supervisor for Space Projects and also Partnerships at NASA's Armstrong Air travel Proving ground in Edwards, The golden state, Ortiz handles numerous room and also air transportations projects for new modern technologies that start coming from the early stages to the implementation. This entails conference with partners, partnering with leadership and also taking care of the venture for performance and also objective success.While reflecting on her trip to NASA, Ortiz honors her mother for her resiliency and also the effect she carried her. "My mom faced a lot of problems in concerning this nation, yet she came to this country in order that I can perform this." This brave decision to relocate to a strange area was what unlocked for Ortiz to inevitably help NASA.Ortiz takes pleasure in keeping hooked up to her Salvadoran roots and one means she performs this is via meals. Her favorite recipe: the pupusa. "My mommy makes the very best pupusas with chicharru00f3n [pig], cheese, and curtido [cabbage slaw] It's thus tasty!".NASA is celebrating Hispanic Culture Month by sharing the abundant backgrounds, cultures as well as enthusiasms of workers that help in advancing the agency's objective as well as effectiveness for the advantage of all humanity. This month-long, annual party honors and also recognizes the Hispanic as well as Latino Americans that have efficiently influenced and also enhanced our nation and society.