Silene is a Unipinhal (Fundacao Pinhalense de Ensino), Brazil graduate (BS in Business Administration) and a certified English, Portuguese and Spanish Professional Interpreter and Translator. She has a Certification in Professional Designation in Human Resources from UCLA; a Certification in Mediation Training Program from UCLA; a Certification in Child Development from UCLA, and also Accounting from Santa Monica College in Los Angeles, CA. While in Brazil, Silene was the staff translator (Portuguese into English) for a number of magazines on subjects as diverse as economics, politics, travel, business, lifestyle and news features. As editor of the leading lifestyle magazine in Sao Paulo, one of her responsibilities included managing a team of Portuguese translators - paying careful attention to deadlines, word count, accuracy and cultural relevance. Silene also worked as a freelance interpreter (English-Portuguese- Spanish) on many occasions, including Simultaneous Conferences.