Molly is a community organizer, educator, and facilitator committed to racial, economic, and gender justice. She has worked in youth organizing, community development, and building intergenerational networks for change over the last couple of decades. She co-founded the Youth Organizing Community of Practice in New Hampshire in 2019, which brings together the staff of youth organizing groups in NH to build relationships, mutual support, and solidarity, aiming to strengthen the organizing power of each group and the field of youth organizing in NH. More recently, she co-founded the Rural Youth Organizing Project, which envisions young people from rural places of NH at the forefront of movements for justice. RYOP creates a platform for rural youth to build power, participate in social and environmental justice struggles, and help reshape rural NH in the values of community, equity, and justice.
Molly is a 2017 Better Selves Knoll Farm Fellow. She is a graduate of Leadership New Hampshire, Class of 2018. She has facilitated various projects with New Hampshire Listens since 2011. For eight years, she directed Pittsfield Listens, which encouraged the power of youth, parents, and families from historically targeted identities on issues and policies that directly impact their education and lives. She is part of restoring a former Grange Hall to once again serve as a community hub. She has served on boards locally and statewide, including Global Awareness Local Action/Makers Mill, Waysmeet/United Campus Ministry, and the American Friends Service Committee of NH. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.A. in Anthropology & International Affairs and from the School of International Training Development, Health and Society's program in Kenya. She is also certified in Permaculture design and teaching.
Molly lives with her family on unceded Abenaki and Wabanaki territory, known as Ossipee, NH.
