Ana has been a Soka Gakkai Buddhist since she was 21 and studied law at university. She works at Alcalá University as a human resources officer as well as a researcher and is currently finishing her PhD. She is the academic secretary at the Daisaku Ikeda Institute of Education and Development, a Univesity Institute of the University of Alcala, linked to education, where she investigates Daisaku Ikeda's theory of value creation and the importance of dialogue to resolve situations. Daisaku Ikeda is a philosopher and educator of Buddhist origin who has created a whole pedagogical system based on the theories of his teachers Makiguchi and Toda. He is Ana’s life mentor.