Brandy G. Robinson
Brandy Giovanni Robinson (born April 25, 1978) is an American associate professor, author, a former government lawyer, human rights advocate, public speaker and a former United Nations delegate for a NGO. Her activism, public policy and advocacy efforts have reached international levels, and she has spoken in forums on domestic and international levels including TEDx and United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Under her pen name Bea Giovanni, she is the author of Bernice Rathe, a fictional novel, which is said to depict her life story in fictional narrative art form.

Name 
Although she writes under the pen name Bea Giovanni for fictional writing, she maintains her professional name for all others ventures. The first word of her pen name 'Bea' originates from a nickname given to Robinson by her friends and the last word of the pen name 'Giovanni' is Robinson's given (birth) middle name.

Background (Early Life) 
Robinson was born in Louisiana and grew up in the bayous of south Louisiana. Her mother was a social worker and her stepfather was a fisherman.

Education 
Robinson attended Jackson State University as an undergraduate student on a full music scholarship, where she marched in Jackson State University's Sonic Boom of the South Marching Band. At Jackson State University, she became a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

She graduated from Jackson State University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Arts in History. She has a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern University, a Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Transnational Law from Willamette University College of Law.

Early career 
Robinson started her career teaching on the K-12 level. She also attended law school and graduated to join the prosecutorial field.

After this brief legal stint, she entered the world of academia becoming a college professor. As a professor, she was awarded multiple teaching in excellence awards.

United Nations Delegate  

An advocate for human rights of all, Robinson was selected as a United Nations Delegate to represent Women's International League for Peace and Freedom-United States at the United Nations Commission for the Status of Women in New York City. In 2016, Robinson represented Women's International League for Peace and Freedom-United States at the forum, where she brought diverse people and topics to the forum. The topics included transgender justice, gender binaries and feminism, as well as violence against women and girls in the U.S. The organization included Social, Health and Empowerment, international nonprofit, based in South Africa, advocating for transgender and intersex justice.

Writing and Media 
Robinson's writing roots started early. From writing humorous rhymes to writing an editorial article for a local newspaper to publishing poetry in an international journal, Robinson credits her early writings in part due to her environment, love for the arts and encouragement from teachers.

Bernice Rathe and Fictional Narrative Art 
Robinson wrote a fictional novel of her life story entitled Bernice Rathe. The central character is Bernice Rathe, who is a bright and successful individual, and becomes a young prosecutor. She then applies for a highly secretive government role and later finds herself entrapped in an evil scheme that discredits her as crazy and a terrorist and targets her for death. The novel chronicles Bernice's early life and years and then takes the reader to exciting adventures detailing hints and pieces of information that leave the reader thinking that the truth is known. It is not until the end when there is a surprising twist and the truth is finally revealed.

TEDx 
Robinson was a TEDx speaker for TEDXPortlandCommunityCollegeRockCreek at Portland Community College Rock Creek campus in Portland, Oregon in May 2017. Her talk title was Your Narrative is Your Super-Power.

Public Policy and Advocacy 
Robinson is an advocate for equality, corporate responsibility, social justice, responsible government, anti-terrorism initiatives and victim's rights as well as peace initiatives. She has written scholarly articles on similar topics. Her public policy and advocacy efforts have been noticed on the international level, where she was asked to share her expertise on similar topics and strategies on complex issues. In 2015, she was a panelist for a discussion on UN Resolution 1325 at the UN anniversary on UN Resolution 1325.

Professional Affiliations and Civic Engagement 
Using her knowledge, skills and experience to help others, Robinson has served in a variety of volunteer roles including as a Court-Appointed Special Advocate and a Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victim's Advocate. Robinson also has worked with national and international organizations such as National Crittendon Foundation, Gender at Work, and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She sat on local and national nonprofit boards as a board of director including as a board of director for Gift of Adoption Columbia River Chapter.

Personal life 
Robinson is a fan of Shonda Rhimes and her work. For some time, she lived in Portland, Oregon, with her family and two rescue dogs. Currently, she lives in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area.

Publications 
 Bernice Rathe
 Consumer Protection, Hijacking and The Concepcion Cases
 Piracy & Developing Nations: A Recipe for Terrorism Funding
 My Accidental Experimentation in Learning to Write Code
 Religiosity in Constitutions and the Status of Minority Rights, Cultural Encounters, Conflicts and Resolutions
 When War Comes: The Response of the Roman Catholic Church to the Fascist Powers of Italy, Germany and Spain, 1935-1945

References 

1978 births
Living people
Willamette University College of Law alumni
Writers from Portland, Oregon
Jackson State University alumni
Northeastern University alumni
American women novelists
American academics
American pacifists
American women academics
Novelists from Oregon
21st-century American women