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 SHIZA SHAH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology | Jamshoro, Pakistan | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 5 & UNAI 3
" I'm excited to be a Millennium Fellow not because of what I'll give, but because of what it will force me to become; someone my community actually needed five years ago. Moreover, I do this work because I know what it feels like to watch talent go to waste and not reach its full potential. Every person I help find their path creates a ripple that reaches someone I'll never meet. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: SustainED
SustainED is an educational initiative designed to empower young minds through interactive, creative, and experience based learning. We focus on building sustainability awareness among youth by engaging them in hands-on sessions, real world activities, and critical thinking exercises that inspire action beyond the classroom.
At SustainED, we believe that Quality Education (SDG 4) goes beyond textbooks. It’s about nurturing conscious, informed, and responsible individuals who understand their role in shaping a better and more sustainable world. By introducing youth to environmental challenges, social responsibility, and innovative problem-solving, we aim to cultivate a generation of change makers ready to lead with purpose.
About the Millennium Fellow
Shiza Shah is an undergraduate Computer Science student at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, where she builds not just technical skills, but a greater understanding of how technology can serve humanity. Growing up in Sindh province of Pakistan, she watched people in her community struggle without basic support. For Shiza, driving global social impact is about finding ways to help people break out of the cycles that keep them stuck. She's focused on creating pathways to employment and career development, believing that the right mentorship and guidance can surface opportunities that communities like hers have been missing.
