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 GESSELLE SANCHEZ, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2019.
College of Mount Saint Vincent | New York, United States | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" Being a minority woman myself, I have always wanted to ensure that the younger generations have the support that many of us have lacked and I am excited to be able to do just that with the help of this fellowship. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Education for All
Our project is an ongoing project that has to do with education for minority girls in the South Bronxs. We will be hosting after school programs for the girls and having hands on activities.
About the Millennium Fellow
Gesselle Sanchez is an honors sophomore student at the College of Mount Saint Vincent double majoring in Psychology and Spanish as well as minoring in Biology. She is currently the treasurer for both the Honors Club, whose main goal is to close the gap between honors students and non-honors students, and WEBelieve Club, whose goal is to provide an after school program for minority girls to ensure they get the support they need to be successful.