This year, Donna Robinson’s position as the migration governance expert has placed her in Iraq four times during the span of eight months. One of her most notable achievements in this role has been the development of a draft data protection law with special provisions for vulnerable groups, such as migrants and trafficking survivors.

Like many attorneys, Florida Bar member Donna Robinson can pinpoint the moment she wanted to become a lawyer. While studying cultural anthropology at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Robinson was moved by the Darfur genocide in the Republic of Sudan, which to date has killed more than 500,000 people and displaced more than 3 million.

“When I was at UCF, I became very involved with the genocide in Darfur. I had a strong yet healthy frustration with the media’s silence on the situation,” said Robinson, who founded the non-profit Darfur Awareness in 2006. “I wanted to do something about it, and it’s the main reason I pursued a career in human rights law.”