![]() ![]() On top of it all, Robin was not yet open about her sexual orientation. College life introduced her to alcohol and partying, which unlocked the darkness she had been carrying inside. Yet, under the surface, Robin harbored depression and a predisposition for addiction. She excelled in both volleyball and basketball, but there was something about gliding on the water, pushing and pulling oars through the dark waters of the river that released a calm determination in her. At the height of her athletic career, she was competing against Junior Olympians. In 1999, Robin received an athletic scholarship to Robert Morris University for rowing. Seven years ago, she was close to not surviving the Allegheny County Jail. Seven years ago, she was holding a needle to her arm. She holds that information in her hands every day, small pieces of people wishing for good news. Robin is the first door to a cancer diagnosis. She examines cells, the building blocks of human life, looks for cancer, separates the malignant from the benign and sends it to doctors for further analysis. In a pathology lab outside of Pittsburgh, Robin Tomczak looks at the skin of strangers. ![]()
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