Faith has been part of the CYT Dallas family from the very beginning. She has performed in 20 CYT shows, participated in countless CYT classes, been a CYT camp intern for many summer camps, and Craft Director for the CYT summer camp. She is so excited to share her love for musical theater and the knowledge she has learned throughout the years. Faith is a graduate from Valley Creek Leadership Academy. She has over 10 years of childcare experience and absolutely loves working, teaching, and playing with all age groups. She is so excited to be a CYT teacher!

Katie Laymon is trained in competitive and contemporary vocal styles including pop, studio style, jazz, gospel, opera, classical theater, contemporary Christian worship, Musical theater, and more. She started singing & taking lessons at Four years old and has spent her life mastering multiple vocal styles and techniques. Katie has been an active vocalist for 30 years. She has sung in churches, houses of prayer(s), and conferences as both a Worship Leader and Background Vocalist. Her competitive and stage training was received at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis, TN, and the Germantown Performing Arts Center. She has also participated in productions with Birchman Baptist and Prestonwood Baptist and in-studio vocal work/credits. Katie has been a full-time vocal instructor at Christ for the Nations in Dallas Texas since 2016. In addition to teaching 50 students a semester, she is also the Producer and assistant director of the CFNI Advanced Performer Showcase. In her words "We are not in ministry because of our gifting. We are created to worship and to use our gifts in ministry. This calling is lifelong, day in and day out”.