Renée Ouellet has over 15 years of experience in youth-focused suicide prevention, working across school and community settings. She has coordinated statewide suicide and substance use prevention initiatives and has presented at national and international conferences, including the American Association for Suicide Prevention Conference in Washington, DC; the National Suicidology Training Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; the Hope Conference in Arizona; and international conferences hosted by the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the European Symposium on Suicide.
Renée previously worked as a school social worker and has implemented mindfulness-based stress reduction programs with elementary and middle school students, supporting social-emotional well-being, resilience, and prevention-focused practices. She has also worked with incarcerated adults, facilitating groups and psychoeducational programs.