Kim grew up in Davis, Oklahoma. Excelling in school, it was no surprise when she chose teaching as her major. During her undergraduate years she was employed at Lifestyle Center of America, a preventive care provider, in Sulphur, OK in the Windcrest Restaurant and reception area. She graduated from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma with a B.S. in Elementary Education in May of 2002. She taught 3rd grade at the 21st Century Learning Center Summer Camp and 5th grade at Lee Elementary in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. In 2003, she helped organize and coordinate Wellspring Healthy Living Programs for Lifestyle Center of America as their Wellspring Program Coordinator.

Traveling several times to Pagosa Springs - the rubber band effect took hold and in August 2004 Kim decided to move to Pagosa Springs.

She is actively involved with Upper San Juan Search and Rescue and Mountain View Homemakers. She enjoys the outdoors - hiking, camping, kayaking, snowshoeing, etc. with her friends and family and is an avid reader. She considers herself an animal lover and a savvy computer geek with an inquisitive spirit. She is also a Nationally Certified Basic EMT.

She hopes to lend her organizational and creative talents to the Archuleta County Extension Office as their Administrative Assistant. She has a weekly newspaper column, What's Cookin? in the Pagosa Springs SUN and oversees website design for the office.