Kaylee Brooks grew up in Topeka, KS and graduated from Topeka High School. She attended Kansas State University where she earned her Bachelor of Music Education degree. Mrs. Brooks started teaching in 2013 in Solomon, KS as the K - 6th grade music teacher. She then was a band director in Clay Center, KS from 2014 to 2016, and has been the music teacher at Central Elementary and LHS Color Guard Instructor in Lyons, KS since 2016. She also serves as an adjunct instructor for Sterling College in Sterling, KS and was the district nominee for Kansas Teacher of the Year in 2024. Additionally, she is the head of the Lyons music department, Vice President of the Lyons Unified Teachers' Association, and serves on Central's Building Leadership Team, district calendar committee, the negotiating team, and is the chair-elect for the SCKMEA Elem. Honor Choir.

Her students participate in the Kansas Music Memory competition each year and have received 3rd, 2nd, and 1st place awards in both divisions. In addition, Mrs. Brooks' students participate in various honor groups, including the SCKMEA Elem. Honor Choir and the KMEA All-State Elem. Choir. The LHS Color Guard earns Excellent and Superior ratings at marching band competitions, including high auxiliary in the color guard caption at the KBA Championship in 2021 and 2024.

Mrs. Brooks currently performs for groups around Kansas as a woodwind specialist, vocalist, and conductor. She currently plays in the Heart of America Concert Band, Salina Municipal Band, Abilene Municipal Band, and the Great Plains Wind Symphony. Mrs. Brooks is also the co-director of the Abilene Municipal Band and is a pit orchestra musician for Theatre Salina.