Ana Barreto

Ana Barreto is a Brazilian-American teacher, author, and coach living in upstate New York. At eighteen years of age, she left her parents’ traditional patriarchal home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and broke the established female roles of her upbringing. Two years later, she moved to New York and began her college education.

While attending Marymount College, a women-only institution, Ana began learning about women’s rights and empowerment. Her passion for women’s development and growth led her to study psychology, women in history, business, leadership, meditation, spirituality, and Eastern philosophies. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Business Administration.

In 2016, Ana published her first book, Women, Rice and Beans – Nine Wisdoms I Learned from My Mother When I Really Paid Attention. She hopes to inspire women who are overwhelmed in their lives to find daily wisdom and break the old patterns of thinking, believing, and being that don’t honor their spirit.

In her second book, Self-Trust – A Healing Practice for Women Who Work Too Much, published in 2018, Ana shared sixteen healing practices to help women trust themselves and change old mindset patterns that don’t serve humanity.

In There is a Higher Power Within  ̶  28 Meditation Prompts to Find Peace & Happiness Within, Ana shared an easy meditation practice for busy people, including daily reflection and gratitude prompts.

           In her fourth book, The Nine Powers of Women – Awakening The Divine Feminine Within, Ana invites women to awaken their natural powers with the help of the seven Chakras of the body and answer their own calling to live extraordinary lives as they always intended. 

Ana’s purpose is to help people improve the quality of Women’s lives. Her mission is to inspire, guide, and coach women through her books, classes, meditations, and inspirational material, helping them find their inner compass and live extraordinary lives.

When Ana isn’t working or writing books, she enjoys cooking, traveling, hiking, biking, kayaking, and spending time with her partner, Jim; her daughters, Erica and Isabel; her stepdaughters, Cindy, Janet, and Christine; and her friends.