Sylvia received her Juris Doctor (JD) from Osgoode Hall and then articled with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, prosecuting matters across the province. She has been a municipal prosecutor since 2017, first for the Niagara region, and now as a solicitor for the City of Toronto. She is a coach for this year's Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot and volunteers with Lawyers Feed the Hungry.