Lydia Castro is an actor and writer living in Los Angeles.

She was honored as one of the TOP FIVE FEATURED ACTRESSES by ReviewPlays.com.

Among Lydia's talents, she produced a Sketch Comedy Show at LA's Lee Strasberg Theater that was accepted into the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival.  From this, the comedy troupe Friends With Benefits was born, and they went on to become finalists in the Lost Angeles International Sketch Competition.

Lydia wrote and produced the short film, Truth Be Told, which premiered at the Reel Rasquache Latino Film Festival and screened during the annual conference of NALIP (the National Association of Latino Independent Producers) and at a panel on diversity held by the Screen Actors Guild at the New York Latino Film Festival.

Lydia also directed and produced the five minute trailer of the documentary Dignity, about the Work For Food Program that is part of the charity Food on Foot, which assists the homeless in Los Angeles.  

It may be viewed at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JKqJxm6Tpg

With a passion for philanthropy, Lydia started her volunteer work with UCLA's philanthropic Bruin Belle Service Association while in college. That experience included working with abused and neglected children, teaching literacy and aiding in intervention programs.

She has since worked with Ease-In as a mentor for foster children, volunteered for MPlay (Day of the Child), became a club member of Food On Foot and co-founded a charity benefitting underprivileged men, women and children.

Lydia has also been a freelance Make-up artist for MAC Cosmetics for the past several years.