Carlos Silva was born in New York but moved to Bridgeport when he was six months old.  Carlos attended Barnum and Saint Charles Elementary schools.  He then attended Kolbe Cathedral High school where he was class treasurer and played basketball and baseball all four years.

Carlos graduated and went to work right out of high school in which he became the youngest site supervisor for a security company operating NASDAQ’ main computer center. He then married his high school sweetheart and moved to Florida where he became a police officer for the Tampa Police Department.  Family issues arose in which needed his attention, so he decided to move back to Bridgeport in which he stayed and raised his family. 

Carlos started to work for Handy & Harman as well as a police officer for the Fairfield Auxiliary Unit.  After many years of dedication to both these jobs, he decided to become a private investigator for insurance company.  He also drove limousines as well.  While driving limousines he decided to open up his own business, one being a Limousine Company as well as a small café. After years of hard work growing his businesses he decided to sell both of them and go back to work at the corporate level.   Carlos currently works for Career Resources which is a non profit organization as an Employment Specialist.  His duties are to help individuals who have been incarcerated seek employment.

In 2003, Carlos decided he wanted to help make changes to the city of Bridgeport.  At that time he put a campaign together and ran for City Councilman in the 136th District.  Now five years later Carlos has become an asset to the City Council as well as the City of Bridgeport  by being a part of numerous committees such as the Budget and Ordinance committees.  Carlos also belongs to many organizations such as: The Black and Hispanic Caucus for Bridgeport, The Connecticut Hispanic Democratic Caucus, The National League of Cities where nationally Carlos is the Vice President of the Hispanic Elected local Officials (HELO) and is also a member of the National Black Caucus for Elected Officials (NBCLEO) and also sits as a member of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO).  By being apart of these national organizations it has prepared Carlos Silva to take the next step in becoming State Representative.