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 XIAOTIAN LI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University | Suzhou, China | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" My dedication to mental health with animal-assisted therapy stems from witnessing the silent struggles of individuals. Being a Millennium Fellow excites me because it offers a platform to collaborate, equipping me with the resources to design community-centered mental wellness and animal treatment programs. Through this fellowship, I aim to make people place greater emphasis on mental health, promote a harmonious relationship between humans and animals , aligning with the vision of fostering inclusive, resilient societies. I am eager to learn from diverse minds, innovate outreach methods, and turn empathy into tangible actions that heal and empower those in need. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Healing Paws
The goal of the "Healing Paws" is to provide mental health support for college students by adopting and training kittens and puppies and raising them into comfort dogs or trained pets that are more docile.
Animal adoption and training:
Recruit volunteers to help adopt stray cats and dogs and train them to become docile pets suitable for human interaction.
Train these animals to be comforting dogs to help relieve the anxiety and stress of college students and provide emotional comfort.
Mental Health Studio:
Establish a special mental health studio on campus to provide psychological counselling services and tutor students to relieve academic and life pressure.
About the Millennium Fellow
Xiaotian Li is quietly perceptive soul, born and raised in Hainan with the rhythms of traditional Chinese life. The psychological distress of her friends around her and the worldwide call for caring about mental well-being have piqued Xiaotian's interest in and attention to how to be more effectively maintain mental health, and have also ignited her strong desire to explore this area. Over the past period, she has collaborated with classmates who share the same interest in this ideal, translating shared curiosity into a concrete research plan. With a steady, compassionate hand,she try her best to guide the project toward both immediate impact and long-term growth.
