Previously, she spent four years in Latin America as the regional business editor for The Associated Press in Mexico City, and as an economics and government reporter for Bloomberg News in Caracas, Venezuela. She began her work in journalism as a researcher at ABC News "Nightline" and "This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” contributing to team coverage of foreign affairs and U.S. politics for more than two years. Later, she wrote about immigration, crime and local development at The Miami Herald, and reported briefly in China for the Shanghai Star. Theresa holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia University.