Kim grew up living in subsidized housing, receiving public assistance, and participating in the free and reduced lunch program at school. When she was the first in her immediate family to graduate college in 2012 from Hamline University, she started working at Property Solutions and Services as an Assistant Site Manager immersing herself into all things Project-Based Section 8 and Tax Credits. She worked her way up to Associate Site Manager when she decided she wanted to educate people, particularly first-generation immigrants, on how to get out of the cycle of poverty and build wealth by owning property so she became a Real Estate Agent. After realizing how much sales and hitting quotas it involved, she went back into affordable housing but as a Compliance Specialist for Section 202 and Section 811 properties with over 350 units. She was then approached by MN Housing for the Compliance Officer position in 2018. There she monitored over 160 properties to ensure they were in compliance with multiple funding programs such as Tax Credits, HOME, MARIF, ARIF, POHP, PARIF, and LTH. She conducted over 25 property inspections within 2 months. In 2020, she came back to Property Solutions and Services as a Human Resources Manager/Site Manager where she’s able to be as versatile as she can be in all areas of affordable housing.

Kim is currently a student at St. Mary’s University for an Accelerated Master’s in Business Administration degree expected to graduate December 2021. Her mom and her bought their first home in 2017 and she bought her 2nd home with her husband in February 2021. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Robert, furry baby, Blitz, family and friends, participates in two book clubs, a volleyball league, a Dungeons and Dragons adventure, and works in group homes with adults that have developmental disabilities.