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 SOFÍA PAREDES, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Universidad Intercontinental de la Empresa | Galicia, Spain | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 6

" Change begins when we listen to those often overlooked. The mental health of older people is too often forgotten and solitude is one of their greatest challenges, yet their experiences and wisdom hold lessons for younger generations.By bridging these gaps, we learn, grow and act together. Being a Millennium Fellow gives young people like me the chance to transform empathy into action and to ensure that no voice, however quiet, goes unheard or unvalued. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: A Taste of Their Story
“A Taste of their Story†is a project that brings university students together with older people living in care homes. Many of these people don’t have close family or regular visitors and as a result, they often feel lonely. This kind of loneliness can seriously affect their mental health. We want to spend time with them, talk, and collect meaningful recipes,dishes they used to cook or that remind them of special moments. Along with each recipe, we’ll include the story behind it. Smell is the sense most closely linked to memory and taste helps make those memories stronger. Cooking and sharing these recipes is a way to bring back important moments and pass them on to others. At the end, we’ll create a simple recipe book, share this recipes online so it reaches more people and organize a cooking workshop where young people prepare a few of the dishes and hear the stories that go with them. The goal is to spend time with people who are often forgotten, listen to them, keep their memories alive through food and in general improve their mental well-being at the same time that young people learn from their stories.
About the Millennium Fellow
Sofía Paredes Agrelo, Business Administration student at Universidad Intercontinental de la Empresa in Spain, combines academic excellence with a passion for social impact. Regularly on the Dean’s List and recipient of multiple scholarships, she channels her dedication into volunteer projects that empower underrepresented communities. As a member of the European Youth Parliament, Sofía guides younger generations in understanding global issues and finding their voices in international dialogue. Through these experiences, she advocates for social justice, striving to create meaningful change. With her enthusiasm and global perspective, Sofía aims to specialize in International Relations, aspiring to transform her ideas into meaningful actions across cultures and borders.












