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Public service isn’t just a career — it’s her calling.
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Defender of Human Rights
Robin has spent her life fighting for dignity, justice, and opportunity. Guided by the belief that every person deserves to live free, safe, and with the greatest opportunities to thrive, Robin has made promoting human rights and education through public service her life’s work.
She began her human rights career in the aftermath of conflict in Europe, helping families reclaim their homes, protecting women from violence, and prosecuting traffickers and warlords. As a civil rights attorney, she defended rape survivors’ right to healthcare and safeguarded free speech. Her desire for policy impact sent her to Washington to serve in the U.S. State Department as an expert on human trafficking and as a diplomat in the Middle East. She learned to legislate at the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, shaping landmark laws to combat human trafficking, protect refugees, and empower women and girls worldwide.
Proven Reformer
As president and CEO of the Texas International Education Consortium, Robin transformed the organization, growing membership by over 100% and strategic reserves by 80%. Her integrity and vision united colleges and universities across the state to work together, creating innovative partnerships that positioned Texas higher education as a global powerhouse. Her work helped bring new investment and opportunity to Texas. At the national level, as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Obama Administration, she led a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s largest public–private exchange program. As a senior official in the Office of Global Women’s Issues, she led whole-of-government coordination of Michelle Obama’s Let Girls Learn initiative and a new approach to supporting adolescent girls globally. In the U.S. Senate, she drafted bipartisan-approved language on human trafficking, international education, refugee protection and press freedom.
Impactful Leader
Robin is sought out for her expertise on higher education and advocacy. She continues to strengthen the institutions that make our democracy work. She served as a commissioner on the City of Austin Ethics Review Commission, sits on the board of the Ann Richards School Foundation, and is a member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s Texas Advisory Committee as well as the SXSW EDU Advisory. Her leadership bridges civic, educational, and ethical reform — always centered on empowering people and communities to thrive.
Now Robin is ready to bring her energy and global experience to the Capitol — as the next State Representative for Texas House 49.
Austin deserves a government that works for the people, not against them. That’s why Robin is stepping up, for her neighbors, for her family, for every Austinite from student to parent. She’s been at the frontlines of democracy and knows how precious our American values and freedom are.
For Robin, public service isn’t a career — it’s her calling.
We stand to honor our democratic promise—leadership by the people, for the people.
We push forward for strong schools, healthy workforce, the future generations, and the rights that allow us to live our lives fully.
We choose community. We choose each other.
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