Draft:Missy Crutchfield

Missy Crutchfield (born Margie Nel Crutchfield) is an American actress, author, editor, and community activist in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Early life and education
Crutchfield was born to former Tennessee Senate member William Ward Crutchfield and Catherine Joan Nunley. She attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and got a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and a Master's in Mass Communications from Middle Tennessee State University.

Career
Crutchfield starred in the movies Shackin' Up (1984) and Model Behavior (1982).

In the 1990s, Crutchfield was involved in Chattanooga Venture as an executive director.

In the early 2000s, Crutchfield was the author and producer of "Sisters Speak Out", a community outreach program three-act play surrounding domestic violence and prevention.

In 2005, Crutchfield was a part of Chattanooga, Tennessee mayor Ron Littlefield's cabinet as administrator for Department of Education, Arts, and Culture (EAC).

In 2009, Crutchfield was the co-founder and co-editor of Be Magazine. Through Be Magazine, Crutchfield traveled internationally, giving speeches of nonviolence and participating in humans rights conferences.

She is the co-founder of Gandhi Global For Peace, which she co-founded with Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Arun Gandhi. She helped facilitate Arun Gandhi's 2012 "Gandhi Visits Chattanooga Tour" in which he visited and gave speeches of nonviolence to young people in schools and community centers.

Crutchfield also organized several programs with Chattanooga, Tennessee metropolitan-area school students for Black History Month.

Crutchfield has also served as Assistant to the Chancellor at University of Tennessee Chattanooga and Vice-President at Chattanooga State Community College.

Crutchfield ran for school board in Hamilton County, Tennessee in 2024. Her campaign was focused on "safe school facilities, attracting and retaining teaching talent, offering students better access to public libraries, outdoor education, healthy school food options, and mental health resources, among other initiatives in the works."