Sara A. M. Silva is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of EntreNous Youth Empowerment Services, Inc. and serves as Chief Financial and Operations Officer. Mrs. Silva serves as the President of the National Directors Council for the Affiliated Network of YouthBuild USA. Mrs. Silva’s research focuses on creating and sustaining equitable leadership, and educational | occupational opportunities for young people ages 16-24 in economically distressed communities in Los Angeles County, California. Prior to co-founding EntreNous, Mrs. Silva was a teacher for Los Angeles Unified School District from 2003-2012. Mrs. Silva has a Master’s Degree from California State University, Dominguez Hills in Educational Leadership and a Bachelor’s Degree from Penn State University in psychiatric social work specializing in psychosocial mental health rehabilitation. Mrs. Silva has conducted in-service workshops, presented at local, state and international conferences, and has served as an editor for Advances in Educational Administration, Vol. 18: Identify Leaders for Urban Charter, Autonomous and Independent School: Above and Beyond the Standards and was an author of a chapter in Education-Based Incarceration and Recidivism: The Ultimate Social Justice Crime-Fighting Tool. When Mrs. Silva is not at work, she enjoys time with her family, three daughters and three grandchildren.