[1] She is a three-time national record holder for the breaststroke events, a two-time Olympic swimmer, and a multiple-time gold medalist at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo, Brazil.

She attended high school at Colegio Peruano Aleman Alexander von Humboldt in Lima, and competed for the swimming team in numerous national and continental junior championships.

In the same year, she became a varsity player and member of the university's swimming and diving team, and eventually achieved, with numerous academic honors and sports awards, by participating in the collegiate championships.

In 2007, she returned to the international stage, and competed at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she placed in the semi-final rounds for the breaststroke events.

[3] Although she missed several classes because of her sporting competition, Silva did not hinder her academic studies, and eventually, received a degree in medicine, when she graduated at the University of Michigan.

She also qualified for the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo, Brazil, and won gold medals for the breaststroke events.