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 KATHERYNNE RIOS BERNAL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
CETYS Universidad Tijuana | Tijuana, Mexico | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 8, SDG 5, SDG 11, SDG 12, SDG 16 & UNAI 5
" "I believe that participating as a Millennium Fellow is a unique opportunity to learn about activism and social causes around the world, the needs of each culture, and how their communities address them based on their abilities. Furthermore, collaborative work will allow me to contribute a different and creative perspective on how young people can have a significant impact globally." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: FORTES
FORTES is a leadership training initiative based on the Sustainable Development Goals, we seek to create spaces where young people learn about leadership, its importance, and their own potential to exercise it through social impact projects that address each SDG and build connections with civil society organizations, authorities, and decision-makers. We seek to transform the university experience for youth through leadership, awareness of global issues, and transformative experiences through weekly training sessions and community outreach interventions. The initiative strengthens youth empowerment and multidisciplinary collaboration, as it is formed by young university students from diverse majors at CETYS University. In addition, we seek to replicate this knowledge through the FORTES Leadership School, where we share what we've learned with children from diverse backgrounds and locations, motivating them to get involved in initiatives aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda. FORTES celebrates its tenth anniversary as an initiative across all CETYS University campuses, training ten generations of leaders since 2015 who are sensitive to social problems and capable of exercising leadership in resolving them. Our training and social impact projects demonstrate, one SDG at a time, that it is possible to generate change through education and socially responsible leadership.
About the Millennium Fellow
Katherynne Rios is a young Mexican law student with a deep interest in humanitarian causes, such as gender and migration. She is passionate about art, activism, and a sense of justice; she aims to dedicate her professional life to international human rights. She has achieved these goals through active participation in student leadership, raising awareness about the importance of feminist collectives at all academic levels, and providing humanitarian assistance to migrants residing temporarily or permanently in Tijuana.
