Nanny of the Year
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2008 Nanny of the Year
Introducing Donna Robinson as 2008 INA Nanny of the Year.Read Donnas's acceptance speech.
Donna has been working with children for over 30 years. She said she first realized she had leadership ability when she volunteered with Girl Scouts as a leader for teens. "Girl Scouting offered me a chance to stretch myself and not be afraid to work out of the box," she recalls. Her first experience in teaching was with 3rd graders in California as a teacher assistant. It was there she discovered she had special talents for working with kids who were considered a "little different".
When she moved to Kentucky, she worked with autistic children. Later she worked in a classroom for delinquents who taught her to never judge a kid from the outside. In New York, she worked with rural and migrant children and gained insight into working with children and parents of different cultures. Donna and her best friend started a youth group dealing with racial harmony issues. They typically attended 5 MLK Youth Peace Conferences.
When her husband's job moved them to Florida, she realized she had to reinvent herself and got a job as a nanny. "It was like I had been training for this job all my life!" she says. Four years later, she had a dream for traveling and working with families everywhere on a temporary basis. The Traveling Nanny was born.