Molly is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Earth and Planetary Science department at Johns Hopkins University. She is collaborating with Dr. Darryn Waugh on research initiatives through the Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative with hopes of researching climate science education and community engagement initiatives. Molly’s passion for weather began after riding out Hurricane Charley in Myrtle Beach, S.C., in 2004. Molly followed her dreams to become an on-air meteorologist by attending the Pennsylvania State University where she earned a B.A. in broadcast journalism. While starting her career at AccuWeather in State College, Molly earned her M.S. in Applied Meteorology from Mississippi State University. Molly went on to work as a meteorologist/reporter at WJLA in Washington, D.C.

Molly currently works as an assistant teaching professor of communication at Loyola University Maryland where she also teaches a meteorology course. In addition, she freelances at WJZ in Baltimore and writes a weekly weather discussion for The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang. In her free time, Molly enjoys evening walks with her two sons and husband, swimming and baking.

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• Instagram: @meteormolly
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