Growing up, Kayla had had many people who doubted that she could become someone and have a good life because of a past of drug use and “risky” decisions. She wanted to enlist in the army to do better for herself and so she can prove an ex boyfriend wrong. She wanted to take a risk that mattered and so that she could be part of a change. She knew that not many women were enlisted in the army to begin with and thought this could be her opportunity to prove a few people around her wrong. She wanted to show the world that she was “not afraid”, and for once, take a good risk in her life.