Robin Jones was born in Boulder, Colorado and lived in the midwest and the southwest before moving to Hawaiʻi. She attended St. John’s College in Santa Fe, NM and received her Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder. After teaching for fourteen years, she turned to not-for-profit work in community development, education, and historic preservation. Joining the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities enables her to combine these experiences in order to support the many diverse communities of Hawaiʻi.