Lyn was born in Lynn, Massachusetts and grew up in Maine and Michigan. She moved with her family to Gulf Breeze in 1969 when her father accepted a position with the Port of Pensacola. She graduated from the University of West Florida in 1972 with a B.A. Elementary Education. She married Tom Robinson, a local young man she met at Shoreline Park where she was volunteering teaching swimming lessons to children. Tom enlisted in the Air Force and Lyn taught school when they lived in Maryland, England, Texas, Alabama and back to Gulf breeze in 1999. She retired from teaching in 2017 after 40 years of teaching. The last 18 years of her career she taught at A.A. Dixon Elementary and Bellview Middle School in Pensacola. During this time, she earned her Reading Endorsement and ESOL certification.
Since her retirement she enjoys spending time with son Jason, daughter in law Lindsey and grandsons, Evan and Connor. She stays busy volunteering in the community with various organizations. She is the program chairman for Gulf Coast Friends, a women’s social organization that helps the community. She has been a member of Gulf Breeze Will Do since 2020. In 2024, she was honored to become a Board Member. In 2022, Lyn volunteered to help Kim Giryluk and her mother create the Gulf Breeze Senior Center, hosted by St Francis Episcopal Church. She serves on the Gulf Breeze Senior Center committee and is responsible for data collection and publicity. She is proud to report that in its first three years, there were 17,017 total visits at the Gulf Breeze Senior Center. Lyn also volunteers with the Fearless Community Inc. an organization that address the homeless issue in our community.