Bush graduates from Millsaps College

Kayla M. Bush, a member of the Choctaw Nation, has been accepted into the doctor of occupational therapy program at the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas. Kayla, the daughter of Jennifer and Mark Bush of Long Beach, Mississippi, graduate in May 2023 from Millsaps College in Jackson with a degree in biology. She has played on the women’s soccer team at Millsaps and is a member of Tri-Delta Sorority, where she has held the position of vice-president.

In December 2022, Kayla received the Robinson Scholarship from Millsaps College to the Study Abroad Program in the Yucatan Peninsula, where she studied the Mayan culture. She also wrote a research paper about her great-great-great grandfather, Mitchell Bobb, a WWI Choctaw Code Talker. The family received the Silver Medal in Washington, D.C., in honor of Bobb in 2013.

Kayla thanks her parents, grandparents, Anella and Phil Garcia of Kansas City, Missouri, and the Choctaw Nation, for their help and financial support during college.