Kim Ninette Wilson resides in Somerset with her husband, Dr. Kent Simmons, and their children: Niara, aged 16, and Kent II, aged 14. They have two dogs and a goose. Kim enjoys cooking and entertaining.
Education:
University of Illinois – a B.Sc. in psychology
Indiana University – M.Ed. in counselling
London University School of Oriental and African Studies- LLB (Hons)
Called to the Bermuda Bar in 1995- Lawyer by profession
Currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Constituency 34 and as the Minister of Health.
Questions:
1. What is your favourite Bermudian tradition?
My favourite Bermudian tradition surrounds Easter Weekend – flying kites and making fish cakes for Good Friday. Although this year my son flew his drone instead as there was no wind! We still ate my homemade fish cakes and hot cross buns. On Easter Sunday, family and friends come to my home for Easter Sunday dinner. We eat, play games and simply enjoy each other’s company.
2. What’s the most Instagram-worthy place in Bermuda?
A moonlight evening looking out over Cavello Bay.
3. What do you like least about yourself?
The fact that I wear my emotions on my sleeve…. I would be a terrible poker player!
4. What’s in your wallet right now?
Credit cards, drivers license, insurance cards, 3 pounds of coins and hundreds of used receipts.
5. St George’s or Somerset?
SOMERSET
6. What are you reading right now?
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care, written by journalist T.R. Reid.
7. What podcast are you listening to right now?
Making Obama. It interviews key advisers, mentors, and rivals of former President Obama, telling the story of his climb from Chicago to the national stage as the 44th President of the USA.
8. What is your guilty pleasure?
HERRS Hot Cheese Curls
