She began her career in Chile, working for the newspaper ‘La Epoca’, founded just before the plebiscite that ended the military regime of Augusto Pinochet. Ms. Robino was a reporter and editor for various Chilean media on political issues, education and health, culture and art and has covered globally-reported events from many regions of the world. She joined the BBC in 2000, where she worked on various projects in radio, video and internet. From 2012 to 2017 she was general editor of BBC Mundo and today is the Director.