After over twenty nine years of doing various Social Work assignments for a large Denver area human services agency and for ten years as a Social Worker and Administrator for a combined Department of Labor and Denver Public Schools initiative. In 2006, she returned to the full time practice of Social Work in the adoption arena. She has worked for human service agencies in domestic and foster adoptions. She has also worked for several international adoption agencies in the Denver metropolitan area. She has degrees in Psychology and Social Work and a Juris Doctorate. Sylvia reads, does needlework, gardens and travels internationally in her spare time with her husband of over 50+ years.