Robert received his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Acting and a French minor at the Webster University Conservatory of Theatre and Dance in St. Louis, Missouri. He also holds a graduate certificate in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. Robert is a member of OpenStage Theater & Company in Fort Collins, and he has directed and designed several LCS Drama Department productions, including Twelfth Night, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Buckshot and Blossoms. He is also a Regional Challenge Master for Destination Imagination – NoCo Canyon Region, and the staff sponsor for Middle School Spelling Bee and Chess.

Robert is originally from Memphis, Tennessee and began his teaching career with Kansas City Public Schools in Kansas City, Missouri. Before moving to Colorado, he spent a school year working as a high school English Teaching Assistant in Épinal, France.