Ana Lucia Alves was born in Barretos, Brazil. She started working in a high fashion boutique at 15 years old while studying to finish high school with a diploma in Architectural Design; soon after leaving for Sao Paulo to study Computer Engineering.

She became a fashion model upon arrival, signing with a major agent and started working with JR Duran, one of the best photographers at the time. Ana left for Milan six months later and became the first Brazilian model on a cover of an international fashion magazine. As a model, Ana has worked in Milan, Tokyo, Munchen, Hamburg, NYC, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Paris, which was her home for twelve years.

Four years into the fashion industry, Ana started to co-produce documentary films in Paris ('A star named Ayrton Senna', 'Hold on Cowboy' and 'O Samba'), while studying Dramatic Arts. She has featured as an actor in a documentarie, (Blue Planet) and short films, (Imaginary Opera and Happy Anniversary) while working as an actor in a theatre called Athletic de Neuilly in Paris.

Later moving to New York for three years, Ana pursued film production. During that time she featured in two short films, 'Scratched Negative' and 'The Crows'. Ana now works as a model, actor, producer and writer. She has just finished writing her first feature film script.

Iskcon – Food for Life Project
The Food for Life team based at Soho Street are operating four nights a week on a purely voluntary basis. The helpers arrive after work, and descend into the restaurants kitchens where they prepare an assortment of dishes. Pasta, halava, rice, subjis, shortbread, kitchari, chutney, herbal teas and juices. Different meals are freshly prepared and distributed, mostly at Lincolns Inn Fields where 60-80 hungry souls gather in anticipation. The programme also supplies prasadam to university and temple functions that operate on those nights.