Leonoor “Noor” Cornelissen ’10 (The Netherlands) is the 2018 UWC-USA Giulio Regeni Alumni Impact Award recipient for her humanitarian work around the world.
Noor simply thinks about others. Whether working with victims of sexual violence in Kenya, with refugees in Uganda, or on a search and rescue ship in the Mediterranean under the auspices of Médecins Sans Frontières, Noor unfailingly seeks to help others do better and be better. Addressing the UWC-USA community during a commencement speech in 2018, Noor reminded the graduates about the challenges we face in the world today, while encouraging everyone in attendance to work together and hope together. “The world is damaged,” she said, “but not beyond repair. You are needed.”