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From Aspiring Student to Astronomer: STARS Alumnus’ Journey Comes Full Circle

From Aspiring Student to Astronomer: STARS Alumnus’ Journey Comes Full Circle

by PISCES | Aug 19, 2024

ABOVE: STARS alumnus Jessica Nagasako poses outside Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope headquarters in 2018. As a high school student, Jessica Nagasako had always taken a keen interest in space and astronomy. So when her robotics instructor at McKinley High School...
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