Kim moved to New York in 2006 from Indiana, a move that she likens to moving to another planet. She has been doing family research at Columbia University since then, but has recently begun a faculty position in Psychology at Marymount Manhattan College. When not being a wonk, she enjoys spending quality time with her beloved cat, Marmelade, hosting tea parties, tending her Harlem garden, and running in Central Park. She fully believes that marathoning is a metaphor for life.