Ana Valdes Lim is an actress, acting coach, director, author.  Ana coaches actors privately, online, or face to face.  With 40 years of international experience, Ana now lives in Nagoya, Japan.  Ana is a graduate of the Juilliard School, Drama Division, New York:  Also worked with the Public Theater, in NY, The Acting Co in NY, Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, and NY City Opera.  Ana played a recurring role on As The World Turns. Film roles played Lisa in John Carpenter's horror classic, Prince of Darkness, & Mollie in Love or Money.   Ana was artistic director, 16 years & awarded Emerita at Assumption College Metta.   In 2022 Ana completed training with TIE (Theater Intimacy Education) for Best Practices, Staging Intercourse & Outercourse.  2024 Ana edited a new book: Theater Arts, a compilation of classic scenes in dialects written by women inmates of the Correctional Institution of the Philippines.  Ana has taught for the Bureau of Corrections for 12 years.