Silvia Talavera has been a guide and teacher for  The School of Lost Borders since 1993. She is a woman of versatility, passion, and humor. She brings to her work a nurturing insight and deep compassion. She has been working as a nurse since 1979 and began her career in hospice in 2003, supporting end of life care both at the bedside and as a community educator. She volunteers for the hospice bereavement program and incorporates Reikiin her nursing practice.

Silvia has taken her place in the rich flow of elderhood where she finds a new passion in creating programs for elders (currently for women) through the The School’s Beyond Borders program.