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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.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT JUSTIN CASTILLO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2019.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte | North Carolina, United States | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3

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" I am excited to be apart of this fellowship as it will allow me to grow not only as a leader but as an individual, alongside other people with the same passion to change the world for the better. We, as the new generation, are the keys to which change shall come forth. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: LIFE Skills Initiative

The objective of our project is to reach out to Title I high schools in the Charlotte Mecklenburg area and give the students access to resources they can use to learn helpful life skills. These include lifestyle, interpersonal, financial, and educational skills, which make up the acronym LIFE for our project name. We want to give them information about these areas so they can be better equipped to handle their futures, whether they take the college path or getting a job straight out of high school. Lifestyle skills can teach them positive thinking and coping skills, interpersonal skills will aid them in assimilating into new environments, job or college, financial skills will help them budget and better understand loans they may apply for, and the educational skills will act as a crash course for what to expect in college if they choose that path and what can help them be more successful. We hope that by giving them these tools, they’ll be able to break the poverty cycle they experience and give themselves and their children better lives.

About the Millennium Fellow

Justin Castillo is currently a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte going on the Premedical route, studying Pre public Health. Justin is a co-founder of the nonprofit organization, Tri Musical Learning, and currently serves as the Programmatic Team Director/Director of Educational Relations. The nonprofit is dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged children through music education and mentorship. Outside of school and his nonprofit, Justin likes to read, draw, play the clarinet, and “do anything athletic”. He has a passion for education and for helping others.

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