Raquel Shutze is the Program Director for Specialized Crisis Services at Youth Villages, where she began serving children and families experiencing mental health crisis 16 years ago as a Crisis Responder. Since 2011, Raquel has practiced as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Mental Health Service Provider and serves the State of Tennessee as a Mandatory Prescreening Agent and an Approved Supervisor. She graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with an M.S. in Counseling Psychology where she focused on general mental healthcare.