Writing on politics, anti-terrorism and a wide-range of issues, she has contributed to several local and foreign publications including Asiaweek of the Time-CNN Group, Asia Incorporated magazine, The Time of London, BBC Radio, Riyadh Daily newspaper, Voice of America, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and Vera Files. She has also published two biographical books, namely: (a) To Fight Without End: The Story of a Misunderstood President, and (b) Trianggulo. Robles took up English Literature, major in Imaginative Writing, at the University of the Philippines where she graduated magna cum laude and to hone her skills in journalism, she attended a course at the International Institute for Journalism in Berlin.