Sylvia is an Ontario Certified Teacher and an award-winning artist who has created over 300 pieces of artwork. She creates art pieces that bring beauty and positivity into homes and business spaces. She has received several awards during her career, including the Jason Sincarsin Memorial Scholarship Art Award for artistic excellence in 2008 and the Top Emerging Toronto Artist Recipient of the ETA awards in 2015 among many others.
She is motivated to create art that inspires others and aims to nurture the creative genius inside all of her students.
Besides running art works for the York Region District School Board in various elementary and high schools in the board, she also runs an art school in Downtown Markham called Creative Genius Art Academy. She currently works along with York Region District School board helping to bring more arts focused workshops into schools, as well as educating teachers on the benefits of art for students overall well-being and health.