About

Teresa is an independent producer and documentary filmmaker based between Los Angeles and New York. She’s developed and produced TV segments and docuseries, including for PBS and VICE, with a special focus on human stories that reflect deep global issues. Most recently she was a producer for PBS NewsHour, producing 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.

Her producing credits include Peabody Award-winning series War in the Holy Land (PBS), The War in Ukraine (PBS), which received a 2023 duPont-Columbia Award, and Haiti in Crisis (PBS), recently nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy. She also worked on the Emmy-nominated docuseries Counter Space with Sophia Roe (VICE, Tastemade+).

In 2021 Teresa directed Stay the Course, a short film supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and a finalist at the inaugural If/Then Shorts x Redford Center Nature Access Pitch. The film screened the following year at DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary film festival. Teresa began her career as editorial producer for major clients, including the United Nations and french fashion magazine L’OFFICIEL. She has produced and overseen large editorial projects, such as The State of the Planet, a book series distributed with Spanish-leading newspaper El País, and L’OFFICIEL’s 90th anniversary issue featuring Tavi Gevinson.

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.