ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2020
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2020, 15,159 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2020 on 1,458 campuses across 135 nations. 80 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 1,000+ Millennium Fellows. The Class of 2020 is bold, innovative, and inclusive.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MELANIE ORTIZ-ALVAREZ DE LA CAMPA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2020.
University of Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico, United States | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 1
" For me, the Millennium Fellowship is an opportunity to get out of my comfort zone, and explore new ways that I can help my community. I believe we always have room for improvement in all areas of life, and that even the goodness of our hearts needs to be strengthened by wisdom and experience. The tools and training that the Fellowship provides will help me get one step closer to achieving the service goals I have set for myself, not just for my project, but also in order to give back to those that need it the most in Puerto Rico. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: UNICEF UPRRP
UNICEF UPRRP aims is to host several fundraising events, as well as a clothing and food drive to be able to provide for the needs of the local boy's orphanage: Hogar Forjadores de Esperanza. Melanie and her team aim to fundraise at least $200 and to be able to provide each of the children with their own Christmas presents. (In addition to the food and clothing).
About the Millennium Fellow
Melanie Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa is a rising senior at the UPR-Rio Piedras interested in pursuing a PhD in Microbiology. They became interested in the SGDs once they began to work for UNICEF USA in 2015. In their free time, they do artwork commissions for charity & write for TheMetric.com.
