After experiencing a tramatic death in her family sixteen years ago, Kaylin decided to write her first novel, FLAHERTY'S CROSSING, which will be published in February 2010 by Champagne Books. She truly believes this book will touch many lives and intends to donate a percentage of all book sales to the Colon Research Center at Providence Medical Center in her father's memory.

For the past twenty years, Kaylin has worked in PR and marketing for her family-owned conglomerate, the Yoshida Group, which consists of eighteen diverse corporations. She was appointed as one of nine commissioners to the Oregon Arts Commission by Governor Kitzhaber while working as the director of a nationally-acclaimed art gallery in Portland, Oregon. She has served on numerous college and charity foundation boards, and continues her commitment to hospitals and children's causes. For most of her life, she has written poems and short stories, and along with novels, currently write articles for a syndicated travel magazine.