Robin is an African-American fashion designer based in Queens NY.  She has presented at the Harlem Fashion Week shows for seasons 9 and 10, and at the Africa Fashion Week, and Fashion Envie shows in New York City. Her work has been highlighted in the press because of her unique flair for color, and the fusion of bold themes with cultural details. In March of 2022, she presented at the #SexyMF30 virtual symposium with a paper entitled “Bedlah Bedlam: An Exploration of Orientalist Fantasy & Fashion Via the Lens of Prince Rogers Nelson”. In June of 2021, she presented an academic paper entitled “Punk, Paisleys and Polkadots” on Prince and his influence on fashion through the 1980s at the “78-88: PRINCE, THE FIRST DECADE: Interdisciplinary Conference”.

She is also co-director and dance performer with Zikrayat, an Arabic Music and Dance Ensemble that has performed at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum, William and Mary College, and throughout the Northeast. She has also worked professionally as a web developer, graphic designer, social media consultant, and model, and currently, she works full-time as a UX Design Engineer. Of all of this, her greatest accomplishment to date is her daughter, Mehrunnisa.

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