Social Worker
Holton Community Hospital
Holton
Chelsea Shupe turns compassion into action for patients and the broader community. She helps remove barriers to care by connecting patients with transportation, clothing, medications, equipment and community resources. After local tragedies, Shupe helped launch Together4Tomorrow, bringing schools, clergy, health care providers and community leaders together around behavioral health and suicide prevention. She also developed a community resource guide recognized as a best practice beyond Holton. Through expanded counseling availability, mental health patient encounters increased by more than 50 percent, reflecting her deep commitment to access and support.