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 YAZMIN MUÑIZ, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Cornell University | New York, United States | Advancing SDG 16, SDG 10 & UNAI 3
" "As a Millennium Fellow, I not only get the opportunity to serve my community in the ways I find most impactful, but I also get to do that alongside some of the most dedicated peers. As I engage in conversations with other MF leaders, I'll equip the necessary skills to lead exchanges across various languages, people, and ideas. Whether in the legal, peacebuilding, or advocacy sectors, every field can benefit from better alignment with the SDG goals, and I hope to pursue the UN's mission further within each of those areas." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Stateless Justice Initiative
A research, non-profit, and advocacy initiative centered on immigration, refugee, and asylum-seeking assistance. The project aims to provide research on current policies and laws in the immigration field, and create service clinics around New York (in-person) with research and resources available online.
I was able to publish two policy briefs detailing surveillance technologies that are negatively impacting immigrant communities. I also collaborated with ACE (Alliance for Citizen Engagement) in creating a joint brief/report to publish on their website exploring 1980's refugee policies in the United States.
About the Millennium Fellow
Yazmin Muñiz is a motivated, peace-focused junior at Cornell University majoring in English and government on the pre-law track. Born in New York City to Puerto Rican and Colombian parents, she holds a deep passion for the intersection of immigrant and human rights, linguistic diversity, and peacebuilding. Yazmin's advocacy work involves promoting Spanish language accessibility within educational programs for the incarcerated, assisting in Pro Bono legal services for low-income residents, and assisting with peacebuilding initiatives in countries like Colombia. She aims to leverage her experience to promote UN SDG Goal 16, striving for a more just and peaceful world for all.
