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 ISHITA RAGHUVANSHI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia, United States | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 10 & UNAI 6
" I'm excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it offers a unique platform to connect with like-minded, passionate change makers, to translate my ideas into action, and to amplify my impact on the issues I care about most. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Literacy for Longevity
One of the biggest issues with health equity revolves around education and finance. It is the combination of the two that results in people of lower income population having absurdly worse health outcomes as compared to their wealthier counterparts. My goal with the project is to connect with subject matter experts on healthcare and finance to curate easy to understand guides on chronic diseases, health management and financial stewardship to support health. I think that having access to information on preventative care and understanding insurance and finance will help people navigate this complex healthcare system much better. I plan on partnering with organizations I have previously worked with in my city including Sewa and AmeriCorps to distribute the guides and then start interactive workshops in person to achieve these goals. The ultimate goal is to empower for better health in low income areas.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ishita Raghuvanshi is a student at the Georgia Institute of technology, majoring in Biomedical Engineering, minoring in Industrial Design and pursuing a certificate in Operations and Supply Chain management. She enjoys community service and has been a volunteer with Sewa international for over 8 years, having participated in disaster relief efforts in Houston and tutoring initiatives in Atlanta. Her research explores how non-medical factors, such as socioeconomic status and distance to care, influence health outcomes even in metropolitan settings, inspiring her to tackle these challenges through education with MCN. Outside of academics and research, Ishita enjoys painting, inking, dancing and hiking. She hopes to pursue a role in design engineering in the medical imaging industry.
