Biography
Kim is an anthrozoologist focused on the intersection of individual wellbeing, interspecies thriving, and systems flourishing. She promotes awareness and kindness through integrating frameworks such as humane education, systems theory, deep ecology and spiritual ecology that emphasize empathy, compassion and ethical capacity building. Previously the Associate Editor for our Medium column, Kim now engages in various aspects of PAN Works as a Community Fellow.
She grew up feeling intuitively drawn to natural spaces and cherished the opportunity in school to read and analyze literature. On a changing planet, she is motivated by a longing to protect the natural world and all of the interconnections it nurtures in the community of life. She believes that people and animals have the potential to thrive together through mixed communities across landscapes, and that key to our mutual wellbeing is a paradigm shift in human consciousness.
Kim earned her Master of Science in Anthrozoology from Canisius University and simultaneously became a Certified Humane Education Practitioner through the University of Denver’s Institute for Human-Animal Connection. She also has certifications in applied animal behavior (University of Washington, Seattle) and ecotherapy (The Earthbody Institute), and is a master naturalist (Montana Natural History Center). She loves to work on behalf of the more-than-human world through writing and facilitating, and her interests take shape in education; community engagement; sharing the impact of others through editorial curation; and narrative-academic storytelling for social change.
Serving as the wildlife program coordinator for a global animal protection nonprofit, Kim leads project coordination and communications efforts while developing new initiatives in collaboration with her colleagues, whose dynamic work seeks to engage and center communities and advocate for animals around the world.