About

Teresa is currently a foreign affairs producer at PBS NewsHour, producing and writing daily segments for the millions of viewers in the U.S. and beyond who depend on PBS for timely, relevant information on the world’s biggest issues. She’s equally comfortable working in studio or on location, and has reported from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Spain, Italy and the United States. She was awarded with a duPont-Columbia Award in 2023 for the PBS NewsHour’s coverage of the war in Ukraine.

Prior to that, Teresa worked on the Emmy-nominated show “Counter Space” on VICE TV, and in 2020 co-directed her first independent film “Stay the Course” with funding from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The film screened at DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary film festival. Previously, she was a communications consultant at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Her career in production, journalism and communications spans across different disciplines and continents, where she’s built lasting connections with sources, directors, talent and industry leaders alike.

She holds a B.A. in International Relations from Brown University, a Master’s in journalism from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism and a Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University. She speaks fluent English, Spanish, French and Italian and is proficient in Portuguese. Madrid, New York, Rome, and Washington D.C. have all been her home.