Candelaria Silva


About Candelaria Silva

Candelaria Silva-Collins is a marketing, community outreach and programming consultant; writer; and trainer/facilitator who lives in Boston, Massachusetts. She has designed and facilitated workshops on a wide variety of topics including communication, facilitation, job search skills, team building, and parenting issues. She currently coordinates the Community Membership Program of the Huntington Theatre Company. Her work as Director of ACT Roxbury was profiled in several publications, including The Creative Communities Builders Handbook. Candelaria’s children’s stories, short stories, essays and reviews have been published in local and national publications and she is an active blogger. Her publications include the booklets, Handling Rejection; Pushing through Shyness: Networking Tips when You’re Shy, Slow to Warm Up or Just don’t Feel you Belong; and Real Questions about Sex & Relationships for Teens: A Discussion Guide for Parents. She has served on the boards of Goddard College, Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston Foundation for Architecture, and Discover Roxbury. She is currently Chair, Designators of the Henderson Foundation.

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Trying to meditate

Stumble down the stairs. Open the blinds or keep them closed. Turn off the front and back porch lights. Set […]



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Round-up 2

Stuff I Did Saw the play, Stones in His Pockets (running ‘til March 16) at the Lyric Theatre with a new […]




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Internship?

Question: What is the difference between an intern and an entry-level staff person? Answer: One extracts free or low-stipended work […]


Saturday Roundup

Stuff I DidWatched snow fall and fall and fall. Listened to thunder but couldn’t really see the lightning because the […]



Thank you neighbors & strangers

Thank you to the thousands of people whose labor during blizzards, power-outages, hurricanes and other disasters or big events, keep me […]


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Candelaria’s Indicators

Recently, I’ve seen presentations by three different organizations – one non-profit, one corporate, and one government – which featured graphic maps […]




The Martian Probe

How about I’m here at this event because I was invited like I presume you were? (Actually, I don’t presume. […]


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Books Read in 2012

Key: **** superb *** really liked ** liked * it was okay () pure fluff (Note: I’ve written short assessments […]




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Late fall pleasures

Two simple pleasures happen in the late fall each year. The first is the blooming of our Christmas cactus. I can’t […]


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Feeling at Home

When I first thought of this post, I thought it was going to be about having cultural event fatigue. My […]


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More,please

I have so much to be thankful for and I recognize and give thanks every day. You know I do – […]





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Just don’t go

It’s okay to say no. It’s okay to not go. It’s okay to stay home. Sometimes you need to nest. […]