Originally from South Korea, Khim immigrated with her family to the United States when she was a baby. She grew up in Chicago and attended public schools.
After studying mathematics for 3 years, Khim left the University of Chicago to start her own company, Alltuition, which sought to simplify the process of obtaining financial aid for students.[4] Khim co-founded Alltuition with 2 others and raised a seed round of funding.[5] Eventually, Khim and company received venture funding and decided to work on something else to expand education for students, which led to the creation of Brilliant.org.[6]
The Alltuition team became Brilliant in October 2012. Brilliant has grown to be an online community of over 4 million users where people learn math and science from each other.[7][8]
Khim has accounted for the sexism and racism she has faced several times.[9][10] In 2022, Khim was one of four AAPI leaders highlighted by Apple and commented "We replaced a Victorian education system from 300 years ago with a fun, vibrant world."[11]
