RobinsonÌýis majoring in theater at Augsburg. HerÌýartistic background includes the Penumbra Theatre’s Summer Institute and the St. Paul Central High School’s Central Touring Theatre. When she was attending Central, RobinsonÌýwrote a poem highlighting racial inequalities within the school system. She then went on to perform the poem, with others, for groups of teachers and administration in the St. Paul Public Schools.

Robinson has served as editor of The Echo newspaper, a student publicationÌýat Augsburg College. She also has performed her original spoken word as part of the College’sÌýDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation celebration.

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