Kim is from Salinas, California. She graduated from the University of Southern California where she competed on the USC Trojan Golf Team. She participated on the LPGA Tour from 1992 to 1996 and participated in two US Women’s Opens.

Currently, Kim is a Class A LPGA Teaching Professional at Whitney Oaks Golf Club. She has also worked at San Juan Oaks Golf Club in Hollister, California, The Jim McLean Golf Academy in Foster City, California and the prestigious Dana Rader Golf School in Charlotte, NC.

This is Kim’s tenth year coaching college golf at Sierra College, and in 2016 she led the team to the State Championships!

Sierra College Women’s Golf 2016 State Champions led by Kim Silva.