Sylvia was born in Boston, Massachusetts and then spent 9 happy years of childhood in Springfield, Missouri. In her junior high years, her family moved back to Boston where her parents have been in ministry for the past 18 years. In 2005, she graduated with a BA in music from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Two years later she walked for a Masters degree in violin pedagogy from Boise State University.
Along the long, winding path of her college career Sylvia lived at 8 different addresses, spent a semester at UM in 2004, worked in the marching band office at BSU, and went twice to Central Europe with the Big Sky Chi Alpha Expeditions team. While she was active as a student leader in the UMass Boston chapter of Campus Crusade for Christ, this is her first year on staff as a part-time missionary aide with Chi Alpha at UM.
Sylvia is passionate about life in God and God in all aspects of life, and especially loves to help others discover the place God has for them in His family. Other stuff she enjoys: music, violin, photography, scrapbooking, hiking, baking, art, reading, snow days, blogging, teaching, and a good cup of mocha.