Ana B Roca is  a native of Colombia, she is also an educator, an artist and a mother.  After Graduating from Brooklyn College, New York, with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Fine Arts she moved to Italy to study Art. She obtained a BA from Academy of Fine Arts in Florence Italy in painting. While in Italy she won several prizes for her art paintings. Ana is passionate about sharing her knowledge of art history and painting techniques of the old and modern masters. She teaches English to non English speakers students  in a public middle grade school here in Naples where she lives and enjoys its beauty and weather.