Editing Sila María Calderón (section)

==Professional career==
===First career years: 1973–1985===
Her career began in 1973 when she was named Executive Aide to the Labor Secretary, Luis Silva Recio. Two years later, she was named Special Aide for Economic Development to then Governor, [[Rafael Hernández Colón]].<ref name="lexjur"/>

After Hernández Colón was defeated in the [[Puerto Rican general election, 1976|1976 general elections]], Calderón went to work on the private sector working as Director of Business Development at [[Citibank]], N.A. in San Juan.<ref>[http://cpprbib.wordpress.com/sila-m-calderon/ Sila M. Calderón] on Biblioteca Centro para Puerto Rico</ref> At the time, Citibank in San Juan was one of John Reed's experimental marketing centers. As part of her business development responsibilities, Calderón designed and marketed several new consumer products which significantly increased the earnings of the Retail Division of the Bank.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} In 1978, she became president of Commonwealth Investment Company, a family real estate concern that owned and managed industrial buildings.<ref name="sclabio"/>

===First government positions: 1985–1990===
In [[1984 Puerto Rican general election|1984]], Rafael Hernández Colón was again elected governor and he appointed Calderón as Chief of Staff, being the first woman in that position. In 1988, Hernández Colón named her Puerto Rico's 12th Secretary of State.<ref name="cidob"/>

During this time, Calderón was also part of the Governor's Economic Adviser Council and the board of directors of the [[Puerto Rico Government Development Bank]] and the Center for Specialized Studies in Government Management. She also presided the Inversions Committee of the Industrial Development Company. She was also Secretary General of the Commission that organized the activities of the Fifth Centenary of the Discovery of the Americas.<ref name="cidob"/>

===Return to private life: 1989–1995===
Calderón resigned in 1989 and returned to her business endeavors. She served on the boards of major local corporations such as BanPonce, [[Popular, Inc.|Banco Popular]], and Pueblo International. She also served as part of the Committee for Economic Development of Puerto Rico, the Sor Isolina Ferré Foundation, and as President of the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation during 1991 and 1992.<ref name="prhof"/>