CNVC Certified Trainer from Tucson, Arizona, USA

Sylvia has been a CNVC certified trainer since 1989 and has planted NVC seeds in communities worldwide. She is the author of Eat by Choice, Not by Habit, an NVC inspired book translated into several languages. And a contributing author of Healing Our Planet, Healing Ourselves with her chapter titled Enemy Images based on her work as facilitator of a weekly dialogue group with Israelis and Palestinians in the 90's at the time of the Oslo Accords.

Sylvia is a North American Assessor and she sits on the Certification Coordinating Council, a part of the Educational Services arm of CNVC. She is the co-founder of CALF (Candidates/Community Active Learning Forum) where she supports a co-creative learning community online and in person for candidates and the community.

She is passionate about NVC as a healing process for individuals and for couples. She enjoys the power of both the Enneagram and NVC to inspire self-awareness and self-responsibility.

She has an undergraduate degree in Nutrition and a masters degree in Intercultural and Interpersonal Communication. As one of her clients said, "Sylvia cares about what goes into your mouth and what comes out of it." She lives in Tucson, AZ, USA with her beloved husband, Tim and precious therapy dog, Rico.