Kaylin Kim is a graduate candidate in the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program at Georgetown University, with a regional focus on Northeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. She is concentrating in Global Politics and Security with a specialization in outer space policy and Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) issues. Kaylin serves as the Georgetown Women in International Affairs Professional Development Chair and is a member of the Georgetown University Space Initiative policy team and the Georgetown SFS Korea Policy Club.

Prior to Georgetown, Kaylin was a United States Foreign Service (USFSIP) Fellow with the U.S. Department of State and served at the Office of Korean and Mongolian Affairs and the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Palau in the political and economic cones. Kaylin also worked for Senator Dianne Feinstein of California and at the Pacific Forum, where she worked on advancing U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. Kaylin has authored publications on critical global issues, including the persecution of stateless North Korean children, demographic challenges in South Korea, and territorial disputes between South Korea and Japan.

Kaylin received her B.A. in Politics and Asian Studies from Pomona College, where she was a Women in Global Security fellow. A native of Los Angeles, Kaylin is also a nationally ranked Olympic recurve archer and a lifelong equestrian.