Sharon Robinson
Sharon Robinson, daughter of legendary baseball hero Jackie Robinson, is the author of Stealing Home (a memoir) and Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By (Scholastic, 2001). Ms. Robinson, vice president of educational programming for Major League Baseball, is creator of Breaking Barriers, In Sport, In Life, an in-school program of Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association and Scholastic Inc. The program teaches children the values and traits necessary to overcome obstacles and challenges in their lives and has reached over one million children across the United States and Canada.
