She has been the Director of the Latin American Studies Program since 2013 and associated faculty of the Women Studies Program since 2010. Silva is the Director of the Intersession Study abroad Program in Puebla, México (Universidad Iberoamericana). She earned her B.A. (2000) in Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá-Colombia and her M.A (2006) and Ph. D. (2011) in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures from University of Massachusetts, Amherst.