Kayla Reel Knows How to Hit the Ground Running When it comes to hitting the ground running, Kayla Reel is a pro. During the busiest home-buying time in history, with historically low interest rates, Kayla became a mortgage processor with Citizens National Bank in June 2021, and in April 2022 she became a mortgage originator with the bank. She really did hit the ground running, but that’s something she is used to from her days on the softball field. A native of Clinton, LA, Kayla went to junior college after graduating high school. “I grew up 30 miles north of Baton Rouge, so I bleed purple and gold,” she laughs. “I attended Louisiana State University at Eunice for two years before transferring to Millsaps in Jackson where I played on the softball team.” It was a national championship team, by the way, during her first year in Eunice. While at Millsaps, Kayla majored in business administration, earning her bachelor’s degree in 2017. She earned her master’s degree in 2018. “I went to work at Citizens as a teller in 2018, then left for a year to coach softball at Millsaps. I returned to Citizens as a teller in May 2019, and in May 2020 I became a personal banker.” It was after that when Kayla moved over to the mortgage department. “It was during the finance boom of 2021, and, boy, were we ever busy!”
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