She received a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Ohio University in 2002. Upon graduation, Teresa entered the field of special education teaching students with multiple disabilities for four years. One of those students had a visual impairment which led her to the graduate programs for VI and O&M at the Ohio State University. Teresa has been a teacher for the visually impaired for Lancaster City Schools for 11 years and O&M specialist for 6 years. Currently, she serves on the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) for Lancaster Public Transit.