Kim is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Missouri State University as well as a practicing physical therapist at an outpatient orthopaedic clinic in Northwest Arkansas. She received her BS in Physiology from Michigan State University in 2008, then went on to attain her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in 2012. She began taking IAOM classes almost immediately following graduation and went on the achieve her Doctorate of Science in Physical Therapy (ScD) from Texas Tech University of Health Sciences in 2018 after which she received her Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) certification in 2019. Her most recent accomplishment is completion of the requirements to become a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy (FAAOMPT).