As a child Robinson lived in Bolivia, the nation of his mother's birth, as well as Brazil, Maryland, Nevada, and Poland.

[1][3] He attended the University of Nevada, Reno, earning dual degrees in Spanish and biology in 2000.

While in college, Robinson worked as a wildland firefighter for the United States Forest Service and later joined the Peace Corps, serving in rural Zambia from 2002 to 2005.

Following his return to the United States, he worked for a number of organizations, including the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, the Iracambi Atlantic Rainforest Research and Conservation Center which is located in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and where Robinson resided for six months, and afterwards for the Coulter Companies (now known as MCI USA) for whom he helped manage non-profit clients and was the director of sustainability.

Robinson was co-owner of Anthropocene Solutions, a sustainability, nonprofit management, and government affairs firm, and was co-executive director of The Ehlers-Danlos Society.

In his first year in the legislature, he was also appointed to serve as a Trustee of the Chesapeake Bay Trust and as a member of the Task Force to Study the Establishment of a Statewide Spay/Neuter Fund.

[10] Robinson co-sponsored a bill to prohibit wage discrimination based on gender identity.

[18] He was awarded Green Champion by the Maryland League of Conservation Voters for his work in promoting environmental causes in 2017.

[27] He also supported a bill which would require public school teachers paying labour union fees.