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Robin L. Rosenberg – Deputy Director

 

Robin L. Rosenberg became the Deputy Director of Florida’s Children First in April, 2007. Prior to joining the staff, Ms. Rosenberg was a founding board member of the organization and served as Secretary and Litigation Committee Chair. She is a Board Certified Juvenile Lawyer and Ms. Rosenberg holds the highest rating assigned by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Prior to joining FCF, Ms. Rosenberg worked for almost ten years at Holland Knight LLP, serving on the firm’s Community Services Team for the last seven years.  Immediately after law school, Ms. Rosenberg clerked in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida for Senior Judge William J. Castagna (1991-1993) and Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr. (1995-1997).

Her professional activities include serving on the Public Interest Law Section of the Florida Bar and the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on the Legal Needs of Children.  She was the first chair of the Florida Bar’s Juvenile Law Certification Committee and continues to serve as a committee member. She has been award the Public Interest Law Section’s Hugh S. Glickstein child advocate of the year award and the Legal Services of North Florida Joy Aukema Taps Child Advocacy Award. She was previously active in the Florida Association for Women Lawyers and her local Girl Scout Council which named her a Woman of Distinction. Ms. Rosenberg is a life member of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., Hadassah, and the National Council of Jewish Women.  She is a recipient of the Tampa Section of NCJW’s Hannah G. Solomon Award.

Ms. Rosenberg received her B.S. in communication studies with additional majors in urban studies and political science in 1987 from Northwestern University. Ms. Rosenberg received her J.D., with high honors, in 1991 from the University of Florida, where she served as an Associate Editor of the Law Review and competing member of the Trial Team. She served as a Jon Mills Fellow at Southern Legal Counsel and as president of the Law Association for Women. Upon graduation, Ms. Rosenberg was elected to the Order of the Coif and the Order of Barristers.

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Alexia Nechayev

FYS Events & Meeting Chair
(Palm Beach/Miami)

Alexia Nechayev, from Miami, Florida, is a dedicated advocate for youth with lived experience in foster care and with homelessness. After being placed in foster care as a teenager, Alexia experienced firsthand the stigma surrounding the system, as well as the challenges of navigating a system that didn’t provide support for her to advocate for herself. This experience motivated her to create change, ensuring that other youth in care have the tools and resources she lacked.

She graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Florida International University, and upon graduation worked as a Hope Navigator with the Department of Children and Families which allowed her to assist clients through individualized care plans, further deepening her commitment to improving the lives of marginalized youth. Alexia is now applying to law schools with the goal of advancing her advocacy work through a legal career. As the Events and Meetings Chair for Florida Youth SHINE (FYS), she creates opportunities for foster and homeless youth to collaborate and push for meaningful change. She is also an active member of the Policy and Initiative Team for Florida Youth SHINE, where she helps create and shape policies that directly impact youth in foster care. One of her proudest accomplishments is helping to develop the Foster Care Bill of Rights, a law that she feels would have made a difference during her own time in care.

In addition to her work with FYS, Alexia serves on the Board of Directors for the parent organization of FYS, Florida’s Children First. In this role, she contributes to strategic decision-making while advocating for the rights and welfare of children statewide.

Every year, she travels to the state capitol to advocate for bills she and her peers have helped shape, including key pieces of legislation that benefit foster and homeless youth. However her advocacy extends beyond her state, as she represents Florida Youth SHINE at national conferences such as the National Leaders 4 Change Conference.

Through her internship with the National Foster Youth Institute, Alexia continues to refine her advocacy skills, preparing for a future where she can contribute meaningfully to both policymaking and the legal system. Guided by the belief that “the blue sky is always there,” she remains committed to ensuring that every youth in foster care has the power and support to advocate for themselves.

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