Sil, a psychologist with a master's in neuropsychology, completed her PhD at the University of Maastricht. After working at NIH on multimorbidity, disability, and frailty, she transitioned to Fontys as a researcher and teacher, exploring technology's impact on quality of care and aging-in-place. Returning to Maastricht in 2018 as an assistant professor in Health Services Research, she focuses on leveraging data exploration methods, like text-mining, to enhance quality of care, life, and work in long-term care.