Rachel Fetty Anderson is a public interest attorney and mother of four who has lived in West Virginia since 2007. She served as a Morgantown city councilmember and deputy mayor. Fetty Anderson is a former graduate of public and private schools through 6th grade before being homeschooled by her parents. She earned her law license in New Mexico in 1999 and in West Virginia in 2010. She has practiced public interest law representing children, families, domestic violence victims, students requiring special education, family members seeking adoption or guardianship, Medicaid and Medicare recipients, and disabled children and adults. She has also served as a licensed foster parent and has personal experience with family hardship and poverty. Anderson represents a younger generation of Democrats seeking term limits and renewal of leadership in West Virginia.
Fetty Anderson was born in 1973 and has worked since age 8, beginning with childcare and farm work. At age 17 she was recruited to work as a nanny in Switzerland but faced exploitation as an undocumented worker. She eventually obtained legal status and pursued higher education. Her mother suffered a traumatic brain injury in 1990 while working at a packing plant, an event that inspired Fetty Anderson's commitment to public interest law. She moved to West Virginia in 2007 when her husband was stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, attending graduate school in West Virginia. She has lived in the same four city blocks in Morgantown since 2008 with her family. She is married and will celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary in 2026. Fetty Anderson is known for her willingness to take on challenging cases and do difficult work to solve problems.