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Her early professional life involved employment at the now-defunct [[Air Manila]], owned by her future husband Ricardo Silverio, where she worked as a Reservation and Ticketing Agent beginning in 1968. Following this, she held various roles, including a stint as a secretary at the [[Makati Stock Exchange]] and later as the executive secretary to Ricardo Silverio when he was president of [[Delta Motors Corporation]] from 1969 until its closure in 1984.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/cv/silveriocv.pdf |title=Lorna C. Silverio |accessdate=June 1, 2020 |format=PDF |work=Curriculum Vitae |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051224151143/http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/cv/silveriocv.pdf |archivedate=December 24, 2005}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Myles A. |date=2018-01-09 |title=Tales of the Late, Last Toyota King of the Philippines |url=https://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/tales-of-the-late-last-toyota-king-of-the-philippines |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Positively Filipino {{!}} Online Magazine for Filipinos in the Diaspora |language=en-US}}</ref>

Silverio's entry into politics occurred when her husband, Ricardo, served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1992 to 2001, during which time she served as his legislative [[chief of staff]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=62grAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=lorna+silverio&hlpg=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjL5Z3NlMOCAxWDSWwGHSmdCvcQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=lorna%20silverio&f=falsePA121 |title=Congressional Highlights |date=1993 |publisher=Congressional Research and Training Service |language=en}}</ref> Unable to seek re-election after three terms, Lorna was drafted to succeed him as representative, while he pursued the position of mayor in San Rafael, Bulacan. Lorna ultimately won in the [[2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2001 elections]] and was re-elected in [[2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2004]] and [[2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2007]].