Kim Vilt was born July 14, 1975 and spent her childhood in Woodland Hills, California. She lived an outdoor life in rural San Fernando Valley and was the oldest of four children. Vilt graduated from CSUMB before serving with the Peace Corps in Bulgaria, where she met her husband (James J. Vilt). She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000 into the John S. Park neighborhood. Her home in that neighborhood was built in 1946. Kim and James were married on September 8, 2002.