Hi, I'm Kayla. It's nice to meet you.
Now here's a little more about me...as a freelance writer I mainly contribute to publications in the Northern Nevada/California area and cover stories about whatever is catching my eye. With 15 years of marketing experience under my belt, I also work with clients to help boost their inbound marketing efforts and create content for blogs, websites, publications, and other marketing materials. If you have a project that you need help with, feel free to email me.
3/17/26- It's (almost) here! The Best of California State Parks is on preorder now to be released next Tuesday! I'm SO excited for this book...as I was calculating the mileage for my 2025 taxes last night, I got to armchair revisit all the trips I took to these parks this time last year. Jenna and I both put our blood, sweat, and tears in the Best of CASP; Jenna even told me she spent every birthday and holiday at a California State Park with her family researching this book :) We usually visit state parks around special events in our household, too. Long story long, this is my new pride and joy!
Recent press and upcoming events regarding Best of CASP:
3/17/26- Today’s my lucky day! One of my friends in Reno texted me this morning with this link: “Local author creates guide to California State Parks”- Tahoe Daily Tribune/Sierra Sun
4/11/26- Come see my talk on favorite state park stargazing spots at the Truckee Literary Crawl! I’ll be at the Piper J Gallery at 2pm.
MY AWARDS:
I'm grateful to my editors at the Sierra Nevada Ally and Sparks Tribune who believed in my work enough to have entered it in the Nevada Press Association's Awards of Excellence. Here are some of my accomplishments:
2025 Nevada Press Association Award: 2nd in Rural Headline Writing, Sierra Nevada Ally for:
Why Now is the Time to Go to Prison
The Great Carnelian Bay Poop Spill of 2024
2021 Nevada Press Association Award: 1st in Rural Business Spot News Story, Sparks Tribune
2021 Nevada Press Association Award: 1st in Rural News Obituary, Sparks Tribune
2021 Nevada Press Association Award: 3rd in Rural Sports Feature Writing, Sparks Tribune
2020 Nevada Press Association Award: 3rd in Rural Feature Writing, Sparks Tribune
2019 Nevada Press Association Award: 3rd in Community Feature Writing, Sparks Tribune
