Kayla was born on August 13th, 1988 in Summit, New Jersey to Richard and Helen Hoffman. She is an international elite training at Rebound Gymnasitcs, but Kayla is not the Hoffman with gymnastics talent; younger sister emma is also a competive gymnast!

Up until level 10, Kayla spent her years at Sunburst Gymnastics. She won the uneven bars at Level 8 State. In 2000 she qualified to the Level 9 Championships and placed 4th. In 2001 Kayla placed 3rd at the Level 10 Regional's and qualified to the Junior Olympic Nationals. At the end of the year, Kayla decided to further her gymnastics career at a different gym, Rebound Gymnastics.

Kayla was recovering from an injury in 2002. In 2003 Kayla competed at Friendship classic as a junior and placed 3rd all-around behind Maria Kryuchkova of Russia and Grace Taylor of Aiken. She missed qualifying to International Elite at Zone Meet, but Kayla changed that in 2004.

In 2004, Kayla successfully passed International Elite and qualified to US National Championships. Unfortunately she got injured before the Championships and was unable to compete.

2005 was a successful year as an International Elite. She easily passed International Elite. When Kayla went to the National Team Training Camp in February the coaches were impressed with her gymnastics and qualified her to US National Championships! Kayla used the US Classics as a tune up for the upcoming US National Championships. She placed 19th all-around.

At Kayla's first US National Championships, she impressed everyone with her clean form and wonderful technique as well as her power on floor exercise and vault. She placed 8th all-around and made her first National Team.

She plans to attend the University of Alabama in the fall of 2007, and would eventually like to become a magazine editor. In her spare time, Kayla, likes to surf and dance.