Mikayla Bates is a native of Baton Rouge and graduated from University High and Xavier University of Louisiana with a Bachelors in Accounting and a dual minor in Business Administration and Spanish. She has experience in the financial services industry for 2 years per brokercheck. Along with being a Junior Partner and Business Development specialist of GCFA, she serves the community as Vice President of The North Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce as well as CEO of The Chosen Generation. She currently holds a FINRA series 6 & 63 and is a FINRA series 65 candidate. In her spare time she loves to play basketball, spades, and praise God. Her goals for the clients of GCFA include education, protection, and comfortability in speaking about finances.