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 SHIVYA SHARMA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Texas at San Antonio | Texas, United States | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 10, SDG 8 & UNAI 9
" "Aspiration and determination, propelled by a call for action to ricochet a subliminal chain of positive change fuel my drive. My passion for “equality” and equitable access for women (from urban and rural regions) in fields that have an archaic tendency to discriminate against them with the common goal of changing lives' for the better whilst contributing as an agent of forementioned change serves as motivation and inspiration. Being a Millennium Fellow, I will be able to leverage the skills and translating them into pragmatic impact whilst aligning my actions with the SDGs. I am looking forward to interacting with like minded individuals to further imbibe creativity and co-creation. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Femtor
Women's skill-building and career development network- made of women, for women and by women. It will give women from various socio-economic backgrounds equal, pragmatic resources to excel in their professional life including access to alumni and women working in the desired professional role or industry as your "femtor (female mentor)". The differentiating and exclusive features of my project are the virtual walkthrough - breakdown of a day in the professional life of the femtor of your field, bi-monthly coffee chats with the femtor and access to the "career police - an exclusive app that has anonymous reviews by currently employed women working in your desired field to preemptively inform you of the work culture, job transfers processes, prevent exploitation, workplace harassment, gender discrimination and paint you an honest picture of your potential worklife." Femtor will also have a newsletter that will include all upcoming skill- building workshops or events organized for the community. Lastly, interview preparation (including resume building and cover letter preparation)and vocational training for jobs such as nail artists, hair dresser etc. will be provided by connecting you to existing employers at the local level also. Therefore, Femtor is the most multi-functional community for welfare of women.
About the Millennium Fellow
Shivya Sharma is an inquisitive, exuberant and driven computer science student at the University of Texas, San Antonio. She was born in India and is currently studying in the United States of America; bridging cultures to solidify a holistic overview of the world as a pro-active global citizen. Since her formative years, Shivya has been passionate about advocating for social equity and equality, and women's rights especially equitable access of resources; derived from her dedication for change due to her experience as a South Asian woman in the international community where archaic biases are still prevalent. Throughout her time in high school, she travelled to Kenya and Japan to organize various philanthropic projects and skill-building workshops using her pragmatic leadership skills as a global citizen, which she continues to do a college student. Shivya aspires to have the ability to ricochet a subliminal chain of positive impact in her professional and personal field through her advocacies and be an active citizen of the world that catalyzes reaction to contribute in the development of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
