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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.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT RAÚL LÓPEZ RAMÍREZ, 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 2

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" "I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it represents more than just a title, it’s an opportunity to elevate my community work, strengthen my leadership, and connect with like-minded individuals committed to positive change. I do the work I do because I believe in the power of collective action and the importance of building a more sustainable, just future. Through this fellowship, I aim to improve the structure and impact of my projects, expand international collaboration, and share knowledge transparently to empower others and create lasting social change. "

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

Raúl López is a young leader from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, with a background in International Public Accounting and Finance. He has experience in sustainable development, financial architecture, socio-environmental impact projects, intergenerational justice, cross-border collaboration, and international agreements. Recently, he served as a Mexican delegate at the United Nations Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development and currently collaborates with the Mexican Youth Institute, the Executive Secretariat of the National Council for the 2030 Agenda, and the United Nations System in Mexico as a youth ambassador.

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