Owner | Professional Photographer and Videographer
Monica is happily married to Jeff Kirkland and they have 5 amazing kids, Cassidy, Smith, Braden, Wade, & Channing. She is the owner of New Life Photography & Design. She is on the Board of Directors for the Murrieta Chamber of Commerce and is the Marketing Chairperson for Professional Women’s Roundtable. She and her business have been nominated for several awards in the community including awarded as a Forty Under 40 recipient for the Murrieta Chamber. Her business ownership career started when she opened New Life Ultrasound in 2007. From divine idea to grand opening was a fast 3 months. She recently sold that business to a past ultrasound student and has been focusing on photography which was added to the ultrasound business over 10 years ago.
Monica purchased her mentor’s real estate photography business in 2015 and now does all types of photography in her newly branded business New Life Photography & Design. Voluntarily Monica has done photography work for Reality Rally, American Heart Association, & PWR. She is also a hands-on supporter of New Life Culinary Creations & The Corporate Room which her husband, Jeff co-owns. Monica says, “As each step in my career has taken me from one phase of God’s plan for my life to the next with answered prayers and lots of hard work, I truly love what I do! I am extremely grateful to those who have entrusted me in any type of photography.”