Kayla Kitts is a junior in Journalism & Electronic Media, with an emphasis on magazine writing. She has been writing for the Tennessee Journalist since September 2008. Kayla was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. She attended the College of Charleston, in Charleston, South Carolina, but transferred to the University of Tennessee a year later.

Kayla loves to travel and spent a month touring Europe in 2005. She visited France, Italy and Malta as a student ambassador and met with various foreign leaders.

She loves to attend UT sporting events, such as football and basketball. Kayla was born a Vol fan and has always attended games with her father.

Kayla hopes to one day join the Peace Corps and eventually write a book. Career wise, she wants to write for a travel magazine (or National Geographic) and explore places all over the world.