Robin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After giving birth to her third child, Robin’s mother sadly passed away. Her father was devastated and couldn’t bare to live in the city because everything reminded him too much of his late wife. Robin’s father took Robin and her two younger siblings, to Russia where he decided to start a new life. Robin being the oldest, took the role of acting like her younger siblings mother. She was often taking care of things at home due to the fact that her father had to work a lot to pay for the bills. Even though her father worked a lot, their family was still in debt, so Robin decided to find a job. Sadly, she got turned down by most jobs. But then she ran into the Russian mob and got involved with some criminal business. At the age of 23, Robin decided that the criminal wasn’t going to do her any good in the future, so she did one last job where she faked her own death. After that she went back to America where she went on a road trip. At the age of 32, she settled down in Seattle with her own record store.