.Lee esta historia en Espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Patricia Ortiz is happy to be a first-generation Salvadoran American. Her mother, born and also elevated in El Salvador, concerned the USA for a much better opportunity regardless of not recognizing any person or even the English foreign language.As a project manager for Room Projects and also Partnerships at NASA's Armstrong Air travel Research Center in Edwards, California, Ortiz deals with different space and also aviations projects for brand new technologies that start coming from the early stages to the execution. This entails meeting along with companions, dealing with management and also handling the project for functionality as well as goal excellence.While reviewing her quest to NASA, Ortiz tributes her mama for her resiliency and the impact she carried her. "My mom experienced a great deal of problems in relating to this nation, yet she pertained to this country to ensure I could perform this." This brave decision to relocate to a strange spot was what opened the door for Ortiz to inevitably work with NASA.Ortiz delights in keeping hooked up to her Salvadoran roots and one way she performs this is by means of food. Her favorite meal: the pupusa. "My mommy makes the most effective pupusas with chicharru00f3n [pork], cheese, as well as curtido [cabbage slaw] It is actually therefore delectable!".NASA is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month through discussing the rich records, lifestyles as well as interests of staff members who contribute to developing the organization's goal as well as effectiveness for the perk of all humanity. This month-long, annual celebration praises and honors the Hispanic and also Latino Americans who have positively influenced and also improved our country as well as society.