ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SARA CHEMELLO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
University College London | London, United Kingdom | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3 | Emerging Technologist
Millennium Fellowship Project: FinanciaLIT
In 2019, a survey conducted by EVERFI asked 30,000 US college students from 440 schools about their readiness to manage money. The results were eye-opening – only 53% of students felt adequately prepared. Even more surprising, just 35% reported having taken a personal finance course. Digging deeper, other studies revealed that female students faced an even wider financial knowledge gap compared to their male counterparts. This discrepancy could have serious implications for women's future financial well-being and decision-making within households. This is where FinanciaLit comes in. It's not just a project; it's a mission to make financial education a mandatory part of higher education. Its main goal? To simplify financial education and give university students the tools they need to confidently navigate their financial decisions. FinanciaLit is tackling the existing financial knowledge gap among college students by creating a specialized financial literacy course designed for universities worldwide. The project is deeply committed to SDG 4: Quality Education, aiming to offer a free, comprehensive, targeted (and hopefully mandatory) financial literacy course so that every university student feels empowered when it comes to personal finance, investments, and budgeting. The course consists of 10 units (each with a built-in quiz to test student’s grasp of the content) and free templates (Excel Budget sheet, Excel Investment Sheet, ...) that can be used by students after the completion of the course and throughout the course of their lives and careers.
About the Millennium Fellow
Sara Chemello is a fourth year BSc student studying Philosophy, Politics, Economics with Social Data Science at University College London. She is recently back in London, UK after completing a Year Abroad Program at Northwestern University, USA. Sara's international upbringing between Italy, China and Singapore influenced her interest in the intersection between environmental and social impact and public policy and business. She hopes to keep exploring this intersection through her future academic and professional pursuits.
