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.


I can be replaced

I would like sometimes to think it is otherwise, to think that I matter more than I do, but I […]




In Despair over Disparities

I don’t think I’m in denial but I definitely feel some despair, frustration and annoyance at the reports and gatherings […]


Be A Teacher

My grandmother, known as Mother, was a powerful woman who pushed the idea of becoming a teacher so forcefully as […]


Singing the Wrong Lyrics

Having an IPod and before that, a walkman (CD player) has allowed me to hear music in a way that […]



Why I Love Walking

The path requires nothing of me except that I walk. Oh, and that I am alert – I don’t want […]


Who is the They?*

Who is the They?* I want to meet “the they” and “them” that have so much influence over our lives. […]




An inconvenient food

Iced tea is one of the simplest and least expensive beverages to make. I’m getting ready to make some because […]


How I Got Here

The following musing/story is about me – projecting into the future as a published author of acclaim. I wrote it […]


Bombs Away

Once again, I find myself outside of the norm, not understanding the fascination, and not part of the excitement. Having […]








Tore up from the floor up

I knew better when I did it. I knew I shouldn’t have walked out of the house wearing those pants, […]