“I never anticipated how an idea can rise from raw emotions of sadness, but the universe will surprise you.” As a child, Teresa discovered her creative expression through writing where she wrote poetry and short stories and stapled the books together. When her sister contracted a virus that made her handicapped, Teresa was compelled to write a book she was to title, Penny’s from Heaven. “I wrote the first sentence which said, ‘My sister’s name is Penny, but sometimes I feel like she’s not worth a nickel.’ Looking back, I thought that was pretty clever for a fifth-grader,” she quips.
Born and raised in the US, Teresa who is bi-racial embraces her American and Mexican heritage, culture, food, and traditions. Her father’s side of the family played an instrumental role…
