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 TEJASWINI NAGASUBRAMANIAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | Advancing SDG 10, SDG 11 & UNAI 9
" My passion for social impact stems from experiences that shaped my understanding of inequities and difficulties in accessing healthcare services and treatment. Throughout my life, I have seen firsthand how systemic barriers leave marginalized populations without the support they need, particularly those facing homelessness and socioeconomic disadvantages. Becoming a Millennium Fellow is incredibly exciting because it offers the chance to spearhead a community project I care about deeply, collaborate with passionate change makers worldwide, and transform empathy into bold, sustainable solutions that meaningfully improve healthcare access for those who need it most. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Open Arms — Bridging Care
Open Arms is a student-led organization at the University of Toronto whose aim is to advocate, support, and break the stigma surrounding homelessness. The long-term goal of the project is to build community and professional partnerships in the region to help address issues relating to the lack of access to healthcare faced by the homeless population, as poor health may often hinder an individual who is suffering from homelessness from being able to take action to rebuild their life and overcome other hardships.
About the Millennium Fellow
Tejaswini Nagasubramanian is an ambitious undergraduate student studying Cell & Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Physiology at the University of Toronto. Guided by the belief that science should serve humanity, she blends her passion for medicine with a deep commitment to social justice and equitable public health policy. She strives to make healthcare more people-centred, accessible, and responsive to diverse needs by approaching each opportunity with the goal of helping people feel seen, heard, and cared for. She envisions a career that bridges the lab bench, the clinic, and the policy table. With an interconnected view of the world, she is dedicated to helping others and working towards her ultimate goal to transform research into tangible change.
