Robin Koo is celebrating 21 years of teaching alongside young children. In 2007, she helped establish The Materials Center, a resource dedicated to the repurposing of materials for children's learning. In 2013, Beginnings Nursery School established the non-profit organization, Teaching Beyond the Square, where Robin served as Program Director and Materials Center Coordinator through 2018. During that time, Robin worked closely with a variety of public and independent early childhood school communities, providing support through professional development as they moved towards an inquiry-based approach to teaching, in addition to developing the organization's training programs and events, and advancing the capacity for The Materials Center. From 2013-2015, Robin served as Chair for the Atelier Committee, which created the Light & Shadow Atelier and Natural Materials Atelier alongside the Wonder of Learning Exhibit from Reggio Emilia, Italy.

She has since returned to the early childhood art studio and is currently at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights, where she teaches pre-K through 1st grade. Robin has presented at conferences across the U.S. and finds great joy in connecting with fellow early childhood colleagues.

Robin received her MA in Art & Art Education from Teachers College, and her BA in Visual Art & Art History from Bowdoin College. She lives in Brooklyn with her family in an apartment that seems to resemble more and more like a satellite materials resource center.