Kim was born in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, on October 17, 1976.  She was the oldest of two children; her brother Lee followed in 1980.  She lived with both parents for a few years until they went their separate ways, and then lived together with her brother, father, and paternal grandmother.  Kim's grandmother Marie-Anna was thus like a second mother to her in many ways, having opened her heart and her home to her!  It is with great sadness that the Tanguay family said goodbye to her when she passed away in January of this year.

When Kim was eleven, she moved into a new home with her father, brother, father's girlfriend Anne, as well as her daughter Genevieve.  Kim claims ENTIRE responsibility for the chance meeting between her father and Anne; the two, after all, were neighbours but failed to meet until Kim became a regular visitor in Anne's house!  Anne quickly became a THIRD mother to Kim, and Genevieve became a sister. 

During this period, Kim's FIRST mother had moved to Val d'Or, in the Abitibi region.  Kim and Lee spent many summers and Christmas holidays there.  In Val d'Or, Kim's mother met a wonderful gentleman by the name of Romeo, who swept her off her feet; the two were married in 1989.  Shortly after, in February of 1990, they moved to Chile, where Romeo had been offered a challenging position with his company.  Kim and Lee visited the country that summer, and Kim fell in love with the place.  Upon her return, she proceded to take Spanish classes and acquaint herself with Chile. 

In 1992, Kim made the big move.  She left everything that was familiar to her, and moved to Chile.  Not only was this to be a wonderful cultural experience, it also allowed her to become much closer to her mother and to Romeo.  She attended an international school there (see The International School Nido de Aguilas), and made many great friends which whom she still corresponds to this day.  Her family also quickly integrated into the Chilean community, becoming friends with many Chilean families.  Her brother Lee and her cousin Julie even joined her in Chile for a year.  After having graduated from high school, Kim remained in Chile for one more year, working for a period of time, and then completing one term of university at a local school.  Kim's memories of her four years in Chile are very special to her.  She fondly recalls crossing the Andes by car with her family, and large Christmas Eve parties at her home with her family's friends.  It is with definite sadness that she left Chile in order to move to Montreal to attend university.

Upon her return to Montreal, Kim quickly picked up her friendship with Faye Anne, her best friend from her days in Cap-de-la-Madeleine when she attended Three Rivers High School.  The two became roommates, both attended McGill University, and shared many of the same friends.  They have been inseparable since!  Kim's friend Cheryl, the daughter of Canadian diplomats whom she had met in Chile, also moved to Montreal the following year and was part of her circle of friends.   Kim was also involved with AIESEC McGill, where she made many friends and contacts in the business world.  She remains friends to this day with many of her AIESEC colleagues.

Kim found work with Bell Canada in 1998, and has been there since.  She currently help small- and medium-sized companies with their telecommunications needs.  She lives in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, with her fiance Darryl, as well as her good friends Stephanie and Ryan. 

Kim's best friend Faye Anne can claim entire responsability for Kim and Darryl's chance meeting!  Faye Anne was a franchisee of College Pro Painters in 1996 and 1997; this is a company which gives students the opportunity to purchase franchises in the painting industry.  In the spring of 1997, Faye Anne placed an ad in the Montreal Gazette for a trainer and supervisor for the student painters she would be hiring for the summer.  Darryl responded to this ad, and was hired.  Kim was also hired by Faye Anne, during the winter and spring as a marketer looking for new contracts, and in the summer as a painter. 

Faye's sixth sense told her she should put Kim and Darryl on the same painting team together, which Kim promptly contested as she detests being "set up," and this had "set up" written all over it!  It was not long before Darryl was offering Kim lifts home, and dinner after work.  Kim at first refused, but Darryl eventually found his way to her heart.  The two have been inseparable ever since!

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