Silvia P. Villarreal is the publisher of Infórmate DFW Magazine, a publication launched in 2009 delivering the latest commentary and features about education, culture, arts, business and the civil rights movement of Latinos, while profiling rising, local Hispanic leaders. Silvia currently serves as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Dallas ISD MWBE and the University Crossroads committee, and is an active member of the Dallas/Fort Worth community. She received the 2009 Woman of the Year award from the LULAC Council 4871 and in 2012, she was awarded with an Entrepreneurial Certification from Mountain View College after completed the Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship required course of study.