Born in 1993 and from the city of Manhattan Kansas, McKayla Gonzalez is the oldest of four. When she was younger she participated in 4-H and took photographs to be judged in the county fairs. She always had a passion for photography, but it wasn't until her senior year of high school that she decided to turn that passion into her career. Had she not been guided by her high school photography teacher and her mother McKayla wouldn't be in her senior year at K-State working on her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography. She'd probably be studying English or something. May 2016 is her graduation date. She prefers black and white photography because she believes that colors are a distraction. McKayla's work shows many different sides of a concept and rather than focusing on one main point her works shows all of her ideas as one.