Teresa had started her career out with running an in-home daycare. She then moved into helping people in a new way and chose to go to school for Certified Nursing Assistant and obtained a job as a Medical Assistant at a large medical complex for a doctor who provided care for premature babies and those with chronic conditions such as cystic fibrosis. From there she moved into clinical research within that same medical complex in the epidemiology department. During this time frame Teresa was attending UW Eau Claire for a bachelor’s in nursing, and upon graduation secured a job within a nursing home and then as a school nurse in a rural school district and oversaw the health and wellbeing of 850 students, with a subset of that population being those with disabilities and chronic medical conditions.

While working as a school nurse and eventually moving to a managed care organization Teresa obtained her master’s degree in Public Health. While working at the managed care organization Teresa carried a caseload that included working with people with physical disabilities, cognitive impairments, and mental health diagnoses before moving into quality innovation, which provided more interactions with different departments, grant writing, and projects for process improvement, efficiencies, and outcomes. Teresa has been with G.O.A.L.S. since the beginning but brought her experience full time in June of 2022. She has experience with community leadership, business management and marketing, and networking.