ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SOLEEN ZANGANA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of California Berkeley | California, United States | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 10, SDG 11 & UNAI 9
" "I am driven by the belief that access to healthcare is a human right, and I aspire to bridge gaps between medicine, public service, and community well-being. The Millennium Fellowship will allow me to collaborate with passionate change makers, expand my leadership skills, and translate my vision of equitable healthcare into tangible impact aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: WellWorld
WellWorld: A Personalized Path to Holistic Well-Being
Growing up in a culturally diverse yet underserved community, I saw how stigma, inequities, and limited resources prevented open conversations about health. This inspired me to launch WellWorld, a website designed to make well-being more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable for people from all backgrounds. Building on ideas from my earlier work with the Credible Mind Mood Tracker, WellWorld takes a broader, user-centered approach by recognizing that health is multidimensional—shaped not only by mental and physical wellness but also by education, poverty, equity, and the environment.
The website functions as a personalized resource hub, adapting to each user’s needs, identity, and context. Through demographic and location-based filters, users receive tailored recommendations that highlight both direct self-care strategies and the often-overlooked factors that influence health, such as education, financial stability, and environmental conditions. Depending on the state or country you are in, a list of relevant mental health laws will be provided, along with nonprofit organizations that focus on mental health for marginalized communities, to help inform the user. As users interact with the platform and provide feedback, WellWorld refines its future suggestions, creating an evolving space that grows with the user. By centering individual experiences while connecting them to broader global challenges, the platform empowers people to care for their well-being in ways that are holistic, relevant, and sustainable.
About the Millennium Fellow
Soleen Zangana is a third-year Cognitive Science student at the University of California, Berkeley, pursuing the pre-med/physician assistant path. Originally from San Diego, Soleen is deeply passionate about public service, healthcare equity, and advancing community well-being. She believes that leadership is about service and action, and she seeks to address systemic health disparities by combining science with advocacy. Soleen aspires to a career in medicine where she can champion equitable healthcare systems, integrate sustainability in health practices, and contribute to global initiatives aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
