Kim is from the Denver area and spent much of her youth in the Rocky Mountains where she developed her keen sense of natural and healthy lifestyles. After attending college for two years, Kim moved to Houston in 1980 and worked as a professional singer and percussionist for twenty years before becoming interested in the teachings of Joseph Pilates in the early 1990s. She has since worked to develop her Pilates' teaching ability by studing different disciplines such as Yoga, Gyrotonics, and Eastern philosophies. Kim's emphatic teaching style focuses on learning to communicate with one's body for maximum health benefits. She received her training at Pilates Concepts of Houston under John Gossett and is certified by the Physicalmind Institute.