Serving as the president of the National Council of Women of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, she began in the 1980s to change the organization toward political action.
She has served as a civil society representative on the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commissions and as chair of the Commonwealth Women's Network.
Nelcia Marshall was born in Greggs Village in the central part of the Windward Islands on Saint Vincent in the British West Indies.
[1] The ethnic group, which is a mixed heritage of West African, Arawak, and Island Carib, is considered the genetic parent of the Garifuna people, but differ in that Black Caribs have higher concentrations of indigenous genes, whereas Garifuna have higher African markers.
[5][6] Robinson ran as a candidate for the United Progressive Movement (UPM) party in the island's elections for the House of Assembly in 1984.
[9] Through continued outreach, Robinson has worked to reestablish ties between the Black Carib community of Saint Vincent and the Garifuna populations in Belize and other Central American countries,[10] through cultural heritage programs.
[19][20] In 2009, Robinson-Hazell became a Goodwill Ambassador, and was granted a diplomatic passport, by the cabinet of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves.