Ms. Hughes received her undergraduate degree in 2011 from Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Florida, where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor degree in Criminal Justice.  Ms. Hughes received her Juris Doctorate degree in 2014 from Stetson University School of Law in Gulfport, Florida, where she graduated in the top third of her class.

Robin Hughes grew up in Southern Illinois, and has been a resident of Florida since 2002.  Before law school, Ms. Hughes was a legal assistant for 18 years.  For two of those 18 years, Ms. Hughes worked as a judicial assistant to a county court judge.  Ms. Hughes lives in Safety Harbor, Florida, where you will often see her out walking her two dogs:  "Justice" and "Liberty."