ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2019
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2019, over 7,000 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2019 on 1,209 campuses across 135 nations. 69 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 805 Millennium Fellows.
During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 96,705 hours and their 422 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 564,366 people worldwide.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ADRIANA SOTO MEXIA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2019.
CETYS Universidad | Ensenada, Mexico | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 6
" Being a Millennium Fellow got me thrilled, beiging part of a group of young leaders that wants to impact positively on our communities it´s a privilege. I see this as a opportunity to prove that a group of decided people can improve their society and also inspire other to do the same. I´m excited of beiging part of that group of leaders that are willing to give it all for a change. The future it´s in our hands and we can make it better. We can be the ones that make the difference. We want to make it happend. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Social Inclusion
Our project consists in raising awareness in our society towards people with different disabilities through campaigns on several social media platforms, conferences, activities and workshops. All these activities will be made in public spaces where the community can participate and experience first hand what it is like to live in the shoes of people with disabilities. Because we are focusing on the Sustainable Development Goal number 10: Reducing inequalities we believe that the previous propositions of activities will result on creating empathy and awareness in the community towards people with this conditions. At the end of the month of events we will challenge a local business to make their establishment more inclusive like having employees with disabilities, having the menu in braille or having accessible entrances.
About the Millennium Fellow
Adriana Soto Mexia is a sophomore at CETYS University Ensenada Campus studying Mechatronic Engineering. She's a member of FORTES Liderazgo, a group part of UN Aspire. She’s passioned about helping others and trying to do positive changes on her community. Also she has always been entusiastic learning about differents topics that can help her understand the problematics in the world and trying to contribute to the solution.
