Raised in a rural Kentucky coal-mining town that knew “profound poverty,” she said, her mother was the first of her siblings to attend college, and it “instilled in me the importance of service and education.” She also has served on the district’s parent academic council, redistricting committee, the COVID-19 full-return committee and interview teams during screenings for principals and superintendents.ĭeSilva said she is seeking election to lend her expertise concerning the social and emotional needs of students.
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She has lived in the Dublin school district for 12 years with her husband and their three daughters.ĭeSilva has volunteered as a PTO president at Davis Middle School and Scioto High School. “I want to bring that understanding to the school board,” deSilva said.ĭeSilva has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Central Kentucky Technical College and a master's degree in social work from Ohio State University.
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She said she wants “to make sure that every student has the appropriate knowledge, skills, resources, opportunities and learning environment to succeed inside and outside of the classrooms so that they are equipped to meet the challenges of our 21st-centruty world.”Īs a parent, school district volunteer and licensed social worker, she said, she knows “the social and emotional needs of our students (and) how policy affects them.” DeSilva, 45, is a licensed social worker and surgical technologist.