“I've had the pleasure of working with Silvia for 2 decades and have watched her develop and mature in her career to a strong people and strategic leader. She has always had a good sense of humor that she uses to help build the team with a focus on getting good results while enjoying the ride. She has taken on multiple challenging, undefined assignments where she used her creative ability to generate results and keep a positive environment when many doubt the project. Her work in Mexico helped start the close cooperation with the US Engineering. The advanced Thermal/Aero project helped define the processes for successful integration of the vehicle front end. She maintained a high degree of technical correctness and kept doing additional work promoting education and Women in Engineering. She is now ready to help develop the next generation of Engineers and is a great asset to the Vehicle Engineering community.”
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Have to talk about a giant success with #sweadvocacy Frances Stuart and I attended a meeting of the New Mexico Legislative Education Study…
Have to talk about a giant success with #sweadvocacy Frances Stuart and I attended a meeting of the New Mexico Legislative Education Study…
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It’s no secret I like fast cars, but that’s only part of the reason a day like today is so exciting for me. It’s great to see our team at Bowling…
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Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Fellow and Life Member
Society of Women Engineers
- Present 34 years
Science and Technology
Held several offices and served in various roles at the local, regional, national and corporate levels. Including the Corporate Partnership Council (CPC), the Conference Programming Board (CPB) and Member of the Board of Directors for two years
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Treasurer and Founding Member
International Academy East - Music Parent Association
- Present 8 years
Education
Support the music department directors and our students music education by providing culturally enriching music related activities and experiences.
Courses
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Disney Leadership Institute
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Studies at a master's level in Divinity - 32 units
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Projects
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"Take 2" a STEM Career Re-entry program
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"Take 2" is a STEM Career Re-entry program at GM. I championed and was instrumental in the design and implementation of the program. It is the result of a bigger STEM Career Re-entry program/collaboration with the Society of Women Engineers in partnership with iRelaunch.
Honors & Awards
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TeamGM Transformer Award
General Motors
For the creation of a Physical Sealing Test
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Society of Women Engineers - Fellow Grade
Society of Women Engineers
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ATHENA Award
Macomb Chamber of Comerce
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Distinguished New Engineer Award
Society of Women Engineers
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NASA's Technical Utilization Award
NASA
For the development of FREDOM - a 1-D frequency domain code
Languages
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Spanish
Native or bilingual proficiency
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
Organizations
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Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Life member | Various positions held during college and professional life
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Society of Women Engineers
Various positions held at the National, Regional and Local Section Level
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Tau Beta Pi
Various
Engineering Honors Society
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