Ms. Kim began her career with the acclaimed Franciscan String Quartet, which was awarded the Wardwell Fellowship at Yale University to study with the Tokyo String Quartet and won first prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition. Also awarded the Press Prize and the City of Evian Prize at the Evian International String Quartet Competition, the Franciscan Quartet went on to become the resident string quartet at Dartmouth College and toured throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. Ms. Kim has participated in the Aspen, Norfolk and Banff Music Festivals and has studied with the Julliard, Cleveland, Emerson, and Vermeer String Quartets. She has attended the New York String Seminar under Alexander Schneider and has performed with Isaac Stern and Yo-Yo Ma at Carnegie Hall and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Ms. Kim performs extensively with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, among others throughout the country. With the Skywalker Sound Orchestra, she has recorded music for motion pictures and video games. She was the Assistant Concertmaster with the Sarasota Opera for the 2018 Winter Season.

She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of David Abel.