This is Silvia Nilsen. She has had many life-altering experiences in her life and career involving constant changes that required her to find practical solutions to deal with the obstacles encountered. Silvia has been an entrepreneur as well as a corporate manager and auditor in many Fortune 500 companies. In addition, she has been engaged in her community(ies) by being a member of the board of many nonprofit organizations like the Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Community Care Center, where she sat on many committees. She has a liberal arts degree from Salem College in Winston-Salem and two business degrees from Pace University in New York City. She was an immigrant from Cuba in the 1960s and was a former treasurer for the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy.