Since being ordained as a Buddhist nun in the late 1970s, Ven. Robina has worked full-time for Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s FPMT.
Over the years she has served as editorial director of Wisdom Publications, editor of Mandala Magazine, executive director of the Liberation Prison Project, and as a touring teacher of Buddhism.
Her life and work with prisoners have been featured in the documentary films Chasing Buddha and Key to Freedom.