Molly Born is a youth mentor and leadership coach for American Friends Service Committee's Appalachian Center for Equality (ACE). After several years working outside West Virginia, Born returned to her home state in 2018 for a fellowship in the state's southern coalfields. That year, she learned about AFSC's presence in the region and saw its impact on young people in her community. Aside from her work at AFSC, Molly is a multimedia producer and writer. She co-produced the documentary film King Coal, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023, and currently is leading a project to help state archivists digitize and share old audio and video collections. She has a bachelor's in French from Fairmont State University and a master's in journalism from Northwestern University.