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As part of a Women's Month series, Al Jazeera English published Kim's profile of anti-hunger advocate Rebecca Middleton and the great-grandmother who inspires her. AJE sent out the story to its 6.6 million Twitter followers. 
​(Illustration by 
Jawahir Al-Naimi and Muaz Kory for Al Jazeera)

Including interviews with historians and National Park Service officials, Kim wrote about the future of Confederate monuments on national parkland for National Parks Traveler. It garnered nearly 25,000 views online. 

Kim talked about science writing and curiosity for the podcast Choose to Be Curious, which airs on WERA 96.7 FM in the Arlington, Virginia, listening area. 

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Kim's poem, "Touching Down, Runway 1-19," appears in the new anthology Written in Arlington, a book of poetry about Arlington, Virginia, published by Paycock Press.  

​Kim's 2018 artist's residency at Acadia National Park resulted in this newly published essay, called "Regeneration."
 

Kim wrote the cover story on the best hiking in Virginia for Arlington magazine, focusing on how being outdoors can help during the pandemic. ​
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Kim narrated this video on the Everglades for National Parks Traveler:

The science publication Undark published Kim's article about light pollution and astrotourism, which grew out of Kim's artist's residency at Acadia National Park. The piece was republished in Atlas Obscura and Mother Jones. 
Upcoming Events:

Key Issues in the National Parks: Light Pollution, Citizen Science, and Wildlife Reintroduction
(Three-part lecture series)
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Johns Hopkins University 
​July 2021

Past Events:


Moderator, A Q&A With Novelist Marita Golden
Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University's Master's in Science Writing Program
April 2020
Northern Virginia's Vietnamese Community
The Society for City and Regional Planning History November 2019

The Saving Grace of Spring Rolls
The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA
​May 2019


Vietnamese Heritage and Immigration
American University, Washington, DC
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March 2019

Acadia National Park Writing Workshop
October 2018

National Parks Artist-in-Residence Panel 
AWP Conference, Washington, D.C.
February 2017
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