Kim has been involved in dance since the age of five. She holds an Associate Degree in the Arts, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with an Area of Concentration in the Fine Arts from The Ohio State University. Kim has also been employed by AmeriDance as an Instructor and Camp Manager and has assisted in the camps choreography. Kim has been selected to Judge for the Reality hit show “Dance Moms” and appeared on television.  Kim’s competition dancers have won numerous high score and special awards at Regional and National Competitions. They have been selected as the Best of the Best at Nationals and are the 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Encore Talent Productions National Champions!  Kim has also received Outstanding Choreography, Most Original, Most Creative, Best Technique, Best Studio Sportsmanship, and Most Entertaining awards at numerous Regional and National Competitions. She has also won Studio of the Day, Teacher of the Day, Co. Dance Award and at Nationals was named Teacher of the Year and Studio of the year. Several of her dancers were called from a casting agent from America’s Got Talent, Little Big Shots and Showtime at the Apollo!! Kim was also a rehearsal director for the Moscow Ballet, which performed the Nutcracker in 2007 and was the local Dance Teacher Coordinator for the 2011, 2014-2021 performance of the Nutcracker performed by the Ballet Theatre of Toledo. Kim has students performing on college dance teams, pursuing dance careers in college, and has cheerleaders who have gone on to cheer at the college level as well as teach for AmeriCheer, AmeriDance, and Cheer Ohio.  Her dancers have performed professionally in New York City for the Dr. Oz Health Corps gala, Stepp Stewart’s Shows in Atlanta, GA and they were part of a viral music video filmed in Chicago. Kim continues her study of dance by attending conventions and seminars regularly. She has studied from the West Coast to the East Coast and many places in between. She is also proud to be the Owner and Director of Hollywood Dance Jamz Dance Convention. Kim is married to Dan, and they have a daughter, Kylie, and twin boys, Carter and Kaden.