Teresa completed a drama and music degree at Adelaide University Diary of a Madman. In 1995 Teresa was a finalist in the singer's heat of the ABC's Young Performers Award, winner of the State Opera Aria and a finalist in Young Performers Award, winner of the State Opera Aria and a finalist in Teresa is a principal singer with Co*Opera. Her roles include, Pamina and Queen of the Night in Magic Flute, Musetta and Mimi in La Boheme, Micaela in Carmen, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Violetta in La Traviata and Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte. She appears in the movie Shine and was a Young Artist with the State Opera of South Australia. Artist with the State Opera of South Australia.

Her roles for SOSA include, Norina in Don Pasquale, Parasha in Stravinsky's Mavra, Yum Yum in The Mikado, Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte and the soprano role in the highly acclaimed Fire Requiem, Flamma Flamma for the Adelaide Festival. For the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Teresa has performed in their Symphony Under the Stars, A Viennese Concert, Handel's Messiah and the soprano solo in Vaughan Williams' Symphony Antarctica. the soprano solo in Vaughan Williams' Symphony Antarctica.

In 1998, Teresa was awarded second place in the Covent Garden Scholarship; and won both the prestigious Herald Sun Aria and the Metropolitan Opera Award. 2001 saw Teresa perform several concerts with the Surabaya Symphony Orchestra in Indonesia, including Handel's Messiah.

She made her debut with Opera Australia singing Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute and performed the role of Musetta for Oz Opera's touring production of La Boheme. In 2003, Teresa appeared as soloist with the Sydney Symphony in their Amore series of concerts, starred in Viva Vivaldi for Vision Events in Perth and returned to OzOpera as Musetta in La Boheme. 2004 saw Teresa sing Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and the Milliner in Der Rosenkavalier for Opera Australia. She also appeared as soloist with the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, productions of Pagliacci and The Impresario. productions of Pagliacci and The Impresario.

In 2005, Teresa will sing Micaela in OzOpera's production of Carmen, perform as soprano soloist in Symphony in the Domain and appear with Sydney Philharmonia Choir in their performances of Faure's Requiem.