Lydia Méndez Silva is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).

[1] In 1972, Méndez began studying Practical Nursing at the Rodriguez Army Health Clinic at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.

In 1985, she worked for the Corporation of Social Action of Puerto Rico as an Assistant Worker of Isolated Communities.

In 1989, Méndez began working in Sabana Grande as Community Coordinator during the tenure of Mayor Angel A. Figueroa Ramírez.

[2] After being sworn in, she was appointed as her party speaker in the Commissions of Tourism, Women Affairs, and Socioeconomic Development.