Sylvia Albro was graduated from the New York State University Graduate Program in the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works in Cooperstown New York in 1982. She completed a graduate internship in conservation of works of art on paper at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Employment has included one year at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut and current position as Senior Paper Conservator at the Library of Congress. Silvia also serves as the contract paper conservator with The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. and she has active private practice in Arlington, Virginia.