Kim Chmielewicz holds degrees from Hamilton College in Clinton, NY and the University of Buffalo in anthropology, creative writing, and clinical laboratory science and is completing an MBA. She lives in East Amherst, NY after moving from Manlius to attend graduate school.

She has worked as a staff and contributing writer at both domestic and Irish newspapers, in marketing/PR, teaching/training, and technical/proposal writing for not-for-profit agencies, educational institutions, research laboratories, health education and data collection organizations, IT application and database developers, engineering and manufacturing companies, banks, and aerospace/defense contractors.