Robin Ymer

Born in Rouen, France, to French parents, Robin Ymer grew up in Morocco, North Africa, and returned to France in the late fifties. Early in life Robin manifested an interest in art and spent most of her free time drawing. A dreamer and mediocre student in high school, Robin soon boarded at the conservative "Maison de la Legion d'Honneur" in Saint Denis where she completed her secondary education. She passed her "Baccalaureat- Lettres et Philosophy-" in Paris.

While a Foreign Student in the United States, Robin received a scholarship from Rotary Club International for her scholastic achievements. Meanwhile she taught herself to model in clay, making life size portraits of fellow students. She earned a master's degree and went on to attend flight school. She married a fellow pilot and remained in the United States where she taught ESL, French and Spanish as she moved about in support of her husband's career. She never gave up art and created finials that are now reproduced in California.

Robin and her husband raised two daughters and now live in Palo Alto, California where she tends to her garden, sculpts, and writes.