I’ve been profiled by the Rutgers-Newark Office of Communications in their Media Relations press release.
http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2008/04/a-father-and-daughte-20080418

A Father and Daughter, a Future Judge, a Budding Documentarian, and More

News Release Published: 21 April, 2008

Meet Some Members of the Rutgers-Newark Class of 2008

April 21, 2008

EDITOR’S NOTE:Members of the media are welcome to interview any of these 2008 graduates.

(Newark, N.J., April 21, 2008) — During the week of May 19, some 2,400 graduates will march off the Rutgers University campus in Newark, in a series of six commencement ceremonies. Not every graduate will garner special awards or honors, but each one deserves kudos for perseverance and hard work. Here are a few whose personal stories make them stand out from their peers.

AN ABUNDANCE OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHOICES

Robin Laverne Wilson, Newark College of Arts and Sciences (Honors College), BA, Jersey City, N.J. and Converse, TX.

Ceremony: May 20, 2 p.m., New Jersey Performing Arts Center, One Center St., Newark

Robin Laverne Wilson still hasn’t decided what she wants to be when she grows up, but at least she’s narrowed down her choices. “I want to be an artist who handles business, vs. a business woman who is artistic. I want to produce media.” Robin, who describes herself as a “Texan by geography, a New Yorker by heart,” started college in 1991 back in Texas, trying her hand at a broad swath of majors and courses, including writing, photography, acting, film, journalism, and fine arts. She worked in a peace and justice center, marrying art and social justice, and also acted in commercials and training films.

Lured by the bright lights of the big city, she came to New York and at the recommendation of a relative, looked into Rutgers-Newark and liked what she saw. As an interdisciplinary major, she mixed media studies and management courses, interned at VH1, the New York Pops Symphony Orchestra, and New Line Cinema, and during a break from classes was an artist in residence at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Ever the activist, Robin has assisted on filming a documentary about homeless war veterans with Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films, director/producer of “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” and “Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism.” For her Honors College thesis project, Robin started a production company to create several film projects.

Why is Robin so attracted to such a broad range of highly creative fields? She likens herself to a dragonfly, the creature she considers her spirit guide, noting the dragonfly is “non-linear – it darts all over. And it is very assertive at going after what it wants.”