Jung Eun Kim is an assistant professor at Illinois State University, Mennonite College of Nursing. She received her PhD from Azusa Pacific University, California, USA, in 2022. She studied at Ewha Womans University, South Korea, Seoul, for MSN and BSN degrees. She has worked as a registered nurse in diverse areas, including Med-Surg units, home health care, long-term care settings, and community-based health facilities in the United States. Her research interest is self-care and health promotion among vulnerable populations, including patients with chronic diseases and ethnic minority older patients. She is a member of Iota Sigma Nursing, the National League for Nursing, Global Korean Nursing Foundation-USA, and the Midwest Nursing Research Society. She received the Sigma Theta Tau-Iota Sigma Chapter Research Grant in 2018.