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 LUIS FERNANDO ORTEGA HANCO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Vanderbilt University | Nashville, United States | Advancing SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 17 & UNAI 8
" "I believe in the power of what is still hidden. The potential of youth voices and ideas, the dialogue across communities, and the actions that can be taken towards advancing sustainability. The Millennium Fellowship enhances this journey, fostering collaboration among change makers to advance their work and leadership across various areas of social impact. I'm excited to connect with fellows on my campus in this mission, learning from their diverse stories, and supporting each other to leverage our goals and mission of advancing sustainable growth in our communities." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Leading Projects with Grit
Sonqo Lab's "Leading Projects with Grit" is a youth-led social impact accelerator
empowering young people from Andean communities in Peru to become change makers. Led by students from Peru and the United States, the program uses self-discovery tools (IKIGAI, Grit) to help participants transform their passions into tangible social impact projects while receiving mentorship from undergraduate students and professionals.
About the Millennium Fellow
Luis Fernando Ortega Hanco is a dynamic, motivated, and sustainability-driven civil engineering student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, United States. He was born in Cusco, Peru, where his changemaking journey started by internalizing the diverse ways change materializes through the willingness of communities to achieve the impossible, despite geographical, historical, and cultural boundaries. Luis has a great passion for educational accessibility and advancing the SDGs through the humanities and STEM. He has volunteered for various national and international organizations, advocating for social leadership in Latin American and global communities, advancing STEM opportunities, analyzing Open Data, and leading initiatives aligned with sustainability and Climate education. Through his project, he intends to leverage communities’ engagement with creative upcycling towards creating more resilient cities and advancing a comprehensive circular economy.
