Dr. Nogales is the author of Dr. Ana Nogales' Book of Love, Sex and Relationships: A Guide for Latino Couples (Broadway Books/Bantam Doubleday Dell), the first book to address the specific concerns of Latino couples; as well as Latina Power! Using the Seven Strengths You Already Have to Create the Success You Deserve (Simon & Schuster, USA and Puerto Rico; Grijalbo, Latin America). Her latest book is PARENTS WHO CHEAT: how Children and Adults Are Affected When Their Parents Are Unfafithful (HCI: Health Communications Inc.) will be released on July 9th, 2009.

Dr. Nogales is also a playwright. A play in Spanish, DE SABIOS Y LOCOS TODOS TENEMOS UN POCO written by Dr. Ana Nogales, intends on raising awareness of mental health issues within the Latino community, while simultaneously reduce the mental health stigma associated with accessing mental health services. Her new play about human trafficking, DO NOT CALL ME BABY!, is available in Spanish and English.

Dr. Nogales began her career in media in 1980, at Univision, Channel 34, with a regular weekly segment entitled "Ella y Él" on Mundo Latino. Her own radio talk show, "La Voz" (8.30 AM) and television talk show, "Aquí Entre Nos"/"Just Between Us" (Channel 22, Los Angeles) established her as a household name throughout the Latino community. She had a regular segment, "Solo Para Adultos", on the Univision Channel 34 News, and on Telemundo-LA's evening news. She has appeared on numerous radio and TV programs, on national and local radio programs in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Miami, San Antonio, San José and other cities. Presently she has a segment on Channel 52 Telemundo "Entre Nosotras" at noon twice a week.

In addition to the weekly column she has written for the last seventeen years in La Opinión (Los Angeles), the country's #1 Spanish language newspaper, sindicated to La Raza (Chicago) and La Prensa (New York), she writes her bi-monthly column in the magazine Para Todos, and Bodas.

She has written for the Pfizer Laboratories Newsletter and has been interviewed by the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Latina, Latina Style, Estylo, People en Español, and other notable periodicals. She participated on a panel of ten prominent relationship experts in Redbook magazine's special feature on "Marriage and the Family for the New Millennium".

Dr. Nogales produced a series of self-help audio cassettes entitled Auto-Ayuda Psicológica. The tapes address many of the topics discussed during her radio and television appearances, such as "Combating Depression", "Managing Anxiety", and "Understanding the Opposite Sex".

Dr. Nogales has been featured at workshops and conferences throughout the United States, including at the Omega Institute and The Women's Foundation, as well as at conferences in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Buenos Aires.

In recognition of the critical role she has played in California, her life story and her varied accomplishments are featured in the exhibit entitled Latinas: The Spirit of California at the California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts, in Sacramento.