Background
Robinson was born on December 26, 1976 to American parents living in Ahwaz, Iran. As a child Robinson lived in Bolivia, the nation of his mother"s birth, as well as Brazil, Maryland, Nevada, and Poland.
Robinson was born on December 26, 1976 to American parents living in Ahwaz, Iran. As a child Robinson lived in Bolivia, the nation of his mother"s birth, as well as Brazil, Maryland, Nevada, and Poland.
He later graduated from Reno High School, and then attended the University of Nevada, Reno, earning dual degrees in Spanish and biology in 2000.
While in college, Robinson worked as a wildland firefighter for the United States Forest Service and later joined the Peace Corps, serving in rural Zambia from 2002 to 2005. From 2005 to 2006 he worked as an English Instructor in South of Korea. Following his return to the United States, he worked for a number of organizations, including the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Project of Southern Vermont, the Iracambi Atlantic Rainforest Research and Conservation Center which is located in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and where Robinson resided for six months, and most recently for the Coulter Companies for whom he helps manage non-profit clients and is the director of sustainability.
During this period, Robinson also began work on a graduate degree in sustainable development, which he earned in 2011.
He also works on the side as a National Ski Patrol alpine patroller. Robinson ran for one of three seats in District 39 in the Maryland in the fall of 2010.
He came in third, behind incumbents Charles East. Barkley and Kirill Reznik. He was sworn into the Maryland on January 12, 2011 and assigned to serve on the House Environmental Matters Committee and its Land Use and Ethics Subcommittee and Environment Subcommittee.
Robinson was reelected for a second term in the fall of 2014.
He came in second, behind incumbent Charles East. Barkley and ahead of incumbent Kirill Reznik. During his second term he was elected Chair of the Delegation from Montgomery County. 2010 Race for Maryland –39th District
Voters to choose three:.
In his first year in the legislature, he was also appointed to serve as a Trustee of the Chesapeake Bay Trust and as a member of the Task Force to Study the Establishment of a Statewide Spay/Neuter Fund.