Molly Bryant

Molly Bryant is a Licensed Master Social Worker and the Senior Director of Immigrant and Refugee Services at the YWCA Tulsa. She is a proud member of the Cherokee Nation and honored, alongside her sister and cousins, to be the 7th generation since the Trail of Tears. Molly is Community Faculty at OU’s School of Social Work with an emphasis on macro social work and tribal policy. Molly also sits on the board of the Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation.

Before joining the YWCA, Molly spent many years in the anti-violence movement working with survivors of sexual violence. She has also worked as a case manager for immigrant youth in Tulsa, an English teacher in Ecuador, and a program manager in Mexico. Her leadership style centers around collective liberation, decolonization, and joy.

In her spare time, Molly enjoys embroidery, gardening, and swimming in Oklahoma creeks with her partner, their curly-haired baby, and their goofy hound dogs.