As 2018 winds down our team at ERAscience is looking back at some of the year’s great moments. On October 20th we were beyond honored and happy as ERAscience partnered with Univision & CSUN to present Univision’s Féria de Educacion Science & Technology pavillion! Thirty thousand in attendance! Infinite thanks to the event producers and huge to CNSI for sparking the minds of thousands of kids at the CNSI installation!! Awesome!!
2018 Féria de Educacion Science & Technology Partnership with Univision
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