M. Regina Kim returned to the University of Maryland in January of 2005 after working as an undergraduate admissions counselor for Trinity College in Washington , D.C. She graduated from the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences with a B.A. in sociology and criminology and criminal justice in 2003.

As an undergraduate, Regina was an inaugural member of the CIVICUS living and learning program and was a research assistant in both the sociology and criminology and criminal justice departments. She also served as an undergraduate teaching assistant for a CIVICUS course on leadership in a multicultural society.