Background
Granados was born on October 4, 1946 in Guatemala City, Guatemala; the daughter of Raul Garcia Granados Quinonez and Enriqueta (de Garay) Garcia Granados.
Granados was born on October 4, 1946 in Guatemala City, Guatemala; the daughter of Raul Garcia Granados Quinonez and Enriqueta (de Garay) Garcia Granados.
Granados graduated from Associate Montessori International in Washington in 1965. She attended the University of Landivar (now Rafael Landivar University), faculty of liberal arts in 1980. Eight years later Sylvia graduated from Francisco Marroquin University, faculty of clinical psychology.
Granados began her career as a teacher of English at Kindergarten/American School in Guatemala City in 1963 and held it for two years. She worked at Montessori school from 1969 to 1976. Since 1985 she was an artistic director at Performing Arts Studio, where she served until 2010.
Granados is a member of American Montessori Society, Tap Teacher Dance Educators of American, Inc. and Guatemala Singer Association.
On March 14, 1969 Sylvia Granados married Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen, with whom she divorced in 1981. They have 2 sons, Roberto, Diego and a daughter, Maria. Then on February 19, 1986 she married Gregorio Valdes O'Conell. They have 2 daughters.