She received her BFA in Photography from The Ohio State University, and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her photographic work and research has been exhibited in Columbus, Ohio, Youngstown, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, and Boulder, Colorado, and collected by the Ohio State University, The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, and The Art Institute of Chicago. Silverman has been a Visiting Lecturer at The Ohio State University and Part-time Professor at Dominican University. She is currently a Teaching Artist at the Marwen Institute in Chicago, Illinois and a returning faculty to Ox-Bow School of Art.