A Chicago native, Kim credits her spirograph set and calligraphy pens to her career in design. Kim bought her first camera at the age of eight and founded Pinnacle Graphics in 1995 to serve clients world-wide. Kim holds a BA in Art, BS in Art Education and an MFA in Graphic Design and Photography and has taught design courses at five colleges and universities. Yet her greatest accomplishments are her two children, Lee an Interior Architect and Severin an Illustrator.