A path rooted in personal experience
Kim was raised in a far northern suburb of Chicago, in a small town where she was hardly sick, visiting a doctor only when very ill. Her parents taught her to eat fairly healthy, and she kept on the path of staying healthy by eating right.
It wasn't until she had her own children that she was confronted with allopathic medicine. When her first child developed eczema at only 3 months old, the only medical treatment options available involved steroids — something she was not at all interested in giving her new baby. She began scouring the internet for alternatives and tried different oils and topical applications, but it was not until she addressed diet that healing occurred.
By eliminating wheat from her own diet while breastfeeding, her son's eczema started improving within a few days and was completely gone in two weeks. He is almost a teenager now and has never had another sign of eczema.
This realization set her on a path to learn more about how the body heals. She began to seek out naturopaths, asking questions and soaking up knowledge. A few years later she decided to become one herself.
Community Work
Illinois Organics
Kim started Illinois Organics, a wholesale organic produce co-op in Naperville that sold organic produce, eggs, honey, and meat at wholesale prices — and provided donations to those in need. It operated for 5 years.