Kimsey is an artist, poet, and freelance photojournalist. She is a staff writer and political columnist for an entertainment magazine in Wilmington, NC. As a volunteer for the Obama campaign, she organized a group of college-aged women, The Cape Fear Obama Girls, to volunteer for the campaign and participate in events like the SC Democratic Debate, using their youth and energy to attract media attention to the cause. A lifelong environmental activist, she began work in disaster relief after Hurricane Floyd devastated much of North Carolina’s coastal plane. At UNCW, she majored in Creative Writing and minored in English.