Teresa has done a lot of fun and interesting things, but right now her life is focused on her political beliefs and her art(s).

Her slightly-more-than-cursory music and theater studies spanned high school (as a member of St. Monica's High School's elite choir, the Rainbow Riders, then with the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts at Culver City High School), and she has continued to sing - often to the chagrin of her co-workers - and to write songs.

She also has a love for rudimentary web design, as showcased on this site, which was first tapped at Michael Ochs Archives, in Venice, CA. The company is a photo leasing agency, focusing on rock music and 20th century pop culture. Teresa learned how to digitize and retouch the photos and was given the opportunity to expand the company's web-site with her media presentations.

She has continued to sketch and draw, but has really put her artistic flair to work as a motion picture set painter and member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local #729. Additionally, Teresa has earned some stage credits, working with the Chance Theater in Anaheim Hills, CA as a set painter, light board operator, stage manager, and more.

Being a member of the IATSE has given Teresa more than an outlet for artistic inklings; it sparked in her a desire to become more socially aware and politically active.  A Liberal, she began writing to Congress as soon as she could vote, in defense of labor rights, women's rights, gay rights, the environment, Social Security, health care, and international affairs, among other things, and against a war that she saw as unjust, and a president she saw as unfit.

When and if the opportunity arises, she would like to return to school, but she is faced with the same problem she initially had in choosing a major - too many interests. She might consider some of the following majors:

Interior Design
Labor & Workplace Studies
Fashion/Costume Design
Law
Business Management
Botany
Modern Politics
Wild Animal Rescue

Or not. By that time, she may have changed her mind altogether, charging, lance in arm, at the next windmill.