Kim was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Dorothy and Wayne Donovan. She started taking dance classes at the age of four and continued studying dance into adulthood. After graduating high school she went on to study acting and voice at various schools in Orlando and Daytona Beach, Florida, eventually earning a BA in Theatre at the University of Central Florida. She minored in Creative Writing, and also attended the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies. She performed in shows at Orlando a ...