Kayla Kissel
Education ReporterKayla Kissel is an audio journalist with Central Florida Public Media, where she focuses on conversation-driven storytelling projects that bring Central Floridians closer to one another through sound. She’s driven by a sense of curiosity and a lifelong instinct to ask questions.
Kayla currently works on projects like StoryCorps’ One Small Step conversations and other narrative-focused audio pieces.
As a recent broadcast journalism and political science graduate from the University of Central Florida, she’s excited to continue serving the Central Florida community.
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The conversation around AI usage was primarily about what students couldn’t do with it. Now, some Central Florida districts are spending more time figuring out where it fits into a student’s learning. -
Osceola County voters will decide in November whether to approve a temporary one-mill property tax increase for the school district. -
Kayla Kissel is Central Florida Public Media's new reporter covering education impacting k-12 students and teachers as well as college and university students, faculty and staff. -
Under the new policy, only high school students with a valid driver's license or learner’s permit will be allowed to ride e-bikes and e-scooters to school. -
Vazquez has served as superintendent since 2022, making history as the first Hispanic superintendent to lead Orange County Public Schools. -
Alondra Rivas-Jimenez, 20, and Bailey Newcomb, 21, met in the spring of 2024 while interning at an advertising agency and built a friendship. The two sat down to talk politics for the first time in their friendship. -
Around four generations separate 69-year-old Michael Cegelis and 13-year-old Ava Santana. With 56 years of age separating the two, they met for the first time and sat down for a conversation to help bridge that generational divide. -
Liberal Shia Kirby and Conservative Allie Nichols are University of Central Florida classmates who met in-person for the first time for a Once Small Step conversation to close the gap in politics. -
61 years is the difference in age between the elder Janice Brodie and 13-year-old Noa Jerelds. The two, who had never met before, sat down for a conversation meant to help close the generational gap. -
Independent Jaydon Souza, a first-generation American who grew up in Brazil, sat down for a StoryCorps One Small Step conversation with conservative Jonah Scott, who was born and raised in the United States. -
Sydney Kinne and Ethan Elhajj explore January 6, their changing political journeys, the conflict in Palestine, and the call to give power back to the people. -
Marlena Mutter and Mary Connolly sit down to discuss faith, politics, and what it means to be pro-choice or pro-life.
