Desiree Broshears has joined the mortgage lending team at First Federal.

Broshears has nine years of banking experience, according to First Federal, including mortgage and consumer lending. She prides herself on building relationships and providing the best experiences and finding the right fit for her customers, bank officials said.

She will be supporting the Bucklin Hill and Bainbridge Island branches as a loan officer.

Broshears is a mostly lifelong resident of Kitsap County, and said she looks forward to giving back to the community she was raised in.

First Federal is a Washington-chartered, community-based savings bank headquartered in Port Angeles, with 10 full-service banking centers in Kitsap, Clallam, Jefferson and Whatcom counties and a Home Lending Center in King County.