.Lee esta historia en Espau00f1ol aquu00ed.Patricia Ortiz is honored to be a first-generation Salvadoran American. Her mama, birthed and also raised in El Salvador, related to the United States for a far better opportunity regardless of not understanding any person or even the English foreign language.As a project manager for Room Projects as well as Collaborations at NASA's Armstrong Flight in Edwards, The golden state, Ortiz deals with a variety of area and aeronautics tasks for brand new technologies that start from the onset to the completion. This involves meeting with partners, working with leadership and also managing the task for performance and mission excellence.While reviewing her experience to NASA, Ortiz honors her mommy for her resilience and also the impact she carried her. "My mommy encountered a considerable amount of hardship in involving this nation, but she pertained to this nation in order that I could perform this." This endure choice to relocate to an unknown area was what opened the door for Ortiz to inevitably work for NASA.Ortiz delights in keeping attached to her Salvadoran roots and one method she does this is with food. Her favored meal: the pupusa. "My mother creates the very best pupusas with chicharru00f3n [pig], cheese, and also curtido [broccoli slaw] It's so delectable!".NASA is celebrating Hispanic Culture Month by sharing the wealthy past histories, societies and also enthusiasms of workers that add to improving the organization's objective and also success for the benefit of all humankind. This month-long, yearly party praises as well as honors the Hispanic and also Latino Americans that have positively affected and also enriched our country as well as society.