AUBURN — Austin Associates, PA, CPAs, announces that Kayla Bickford has joined the firm, providing tax and accounting services.

Bickford is a 2010 graduate of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. She earned her bachelor of science degree in accounting and finance and plans to become a CPA. Prior to joining Austin Associates, she had two years of experience in accounting with a small tax firm in Portland.

She has already become engaged in the community as an active member of the Young Professionals of the Lewiston-Auburn Area, a division of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce. A 2006 graduate of Poland Regional High School, she currently resides in Mechanic Falls.