Biography
38th Legislative District
Senator June Robinson was first appointed to the House of Representatives to represent the 38th Legislative District in December 2013 and she was subsequently elected in 2014 and 2016. She most recently served on two legislative House committees: Appropriations (Vice-Chair) and Health Care & Wellness. In May of 2020, she was appointed to the Senate after the retirement of former Senator John McCoy.
Sen. Robinson has a life-long commitment to public service. After college, she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Jamaica for three years where she worked as a public health nutritionist. She has held leadership positions at Migrant Health Promotion, a national organization that strives to alleviate health disparities in rural and disenfranchised communities; at Community Health Center of Snohomish County and at the Housing Consortium of Everett and Snohomish County. Currently, she works as a Program Manager at Public Health Seattle & King County in the Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Section.
Sen. Robinson grew up on a family dairy farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and a Master’s in Public Health degree from the University of Michigan. She currently lives in Everett, where she has been an active community volunteer with United Way, the Everett School District, Providence Hospital and other organizations. She is the mother of two grown children, Colin and Garret.