A Native of Falmouth, Massachusetts, Robbie graduated from the Annapolis Campus of St Johns College in 2009 with a BA in Liberal Arts. Robbie became interested in the Arab-Israeli conflict while taking part in the Siraj Center's 2008 "Palestinian Summer Celebration" in the West Bank, during which he lived with a Palestinan host family and traveled throughout Israel, Palestine and Jordan. He is excited by the opportunity to see how the realities of the occupation translate into the policy debate in Washington.