Kim graduated with an MCS degree from the Computer Science Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
As part of her studies, she conducted research on intrusion detection and threat hunting in the STS Lab.
Kim is a graduate of the Illinois Computing Accelerator for Non-Specialists (iCAN) program
Prior to participating in the iCAN program, she worked as a high school art teacher and collegiate cross country coach.
After graduation, Kim was hired as an Assistant Security Engineer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.