Kayla Buckley received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Northern Kentucky University, and has been working at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center as a Registered Nurse since 2011 following graduation. This included time as a Forensic nurse in the Mayerson Center for safe and healthy children and the Emergency Department, specializing in trauma informed care, physical abuse, medical child abuse, neglect, evidence collection, including the trauma bay and sexual assaults, human trafficking, and post mortem care and management following a death.
Kayla continued her education at Xavier University obtaining a dual Masters degree in Forensic Nursing and Criminal Justice, graduating in 2020. She received her Death Investigation Certification from the Online University of North Dakota in 2023. She became a Deputy Coroner for Kenton County in 2023.