Silvia Petit

Classroom Teacher

Silvia was born in Guatemala and is a native Spanish speaker. She lived in Mexico for five years and has traveled to El Salvador, Peru, and Spain. She has a bachelor’s degree in Theology from The Central American Theological Seminary. Silvia takes great pleasure in teaching people of all ages to speak her native tongue. Silvia has been teaching Spanish to homeschool co-ops and individuals since 2010.

Silvia came to the US in 2000 as a missionary to work at Salem Evangelical Free Church in Staten Island, New York. It is there that Silvia met and married her husband, Greg, in 2003. Her husband’s job led them to Wichita, KS in 2007, where they currently reside with their two children. Silvia enjoyed homeschooling their children, Erika and Andrew, from 2008-2016.

Silvia loves the freedom that homeschooling provides to teach all subjects from a Christian worldview, including Spanish! She enjoys encouraging and supporting homeschooling families with her knowledge and teaching gifts. She is very excited for the opportunity to share her gifts and experience with many more students now through HSLDA.

She has been teaching with the Academy since 2017.