Avis C. Robinson

Avis Collins Robinson, aka Avis C. Robinson, is most known in public as veteran journalist Eugene Robinson's wife. However, Mrs. Robinson is truly a celebrity on her own rights.

Avis C. Robinson is the President and CEO of Washington Metropolitan Scholars. This non-profit organization offers scholarships to help and enable African American high school students to enter and complete their undergraduate careers. Also, she is an acclaimed artist.

Avis C. Robinson's Wiki-Bio

Avis C. Robinson was born as Avis Edna Collins on July 26, 1953, in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father's name is Edward Collins, and her mother's name is Annie Collins. She is the third of four children of her parents. Her family consists of black, white, and Nottoway Indian heritage.

The 67 aged Avis C. Robinson is the President and CEO of Washington Metropolitan Scholars. 
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Robinson grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, from the age of four as her mother, a cancer researcher, accepted a position at the National Institutes of Health. She attended Colesville Elementary School, White Oak Jr. High School, and the Academy of Holy Cross in Maryland. 

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Alvis joined the University of Maryland in 1971 and studied economics and urban studies. Also, she took courses in dance and the visual arts. After completing her undergraduate degree in three years, she moved to San Francisco and joined Golden Gate University.  She earned her Master's degree in Economics and Finance from Golden Gate and later from Harvard.

Avis C. Robinson Career and Net Worth

Avis C. Robinson started painting in high school and took up quilting in her 20s. However, she did not begin her career as an artist till the 2000s. After completing her studies in the late seventies, she joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) as deputy director of the Office of Atmospheric Programs.

Robinson remained with EPA for years before transitioning into philanthropy. She founded the Washington Metropolitan Scholars Program with the goal of helping more African-American students reach elite colleges and universities.

A Portrait made by Avis C. Robinson.
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Avis's career as a professional artist started when her mixed-media portrait of Abraham Lincoln was selected to be permanently installed in the newly renovated entrance lobby of Ford’s Theatre in Washington. Since then, many of her paintings and fabric works are installed in many buildings, including at the lobby of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York. 

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Through her quilts and paintings, Robinson explores America's deep-seated tensions over race, gender, oppression, and history. Her net worth as of 2021 is estimated to be around $2 million. 

Avis C. Robinson is the Wife of Eugene Robinson

Avis C. Robinson is happily married to the veteran journalist and editor of The Washington Post, Eugene Robinson. The pair tied the Knot on September 23, 1978, and are proud parents of two sons named Aaron Eugene and Lowell Edward.

Avis Robinson with her husband Eugene Robinson.
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Many times in their over forty years of marriage, Avis sacrificed her own career to support her husband. She went along with her journalist husband all over the world. The couple spent several years in Argentina and London.

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