Kimberly was a paramedic for 10 years before returning to college. She earned a BS in Biochemistry from East Stroudsburg University in 2021, having received degrees in Chemistry and Psychology previously. It was during that time she had the opportunity to teach a variety of chemistry courses and aspires to return to academia in that capacity. Kimberly is now a first-year graduate student at Lehigh working on low-valent Samarium chemistry with the Flowers group.