Theresa is the Program Manager at the Memorial Church. A graduate of Boston College and recipient of the Dean's Award for Creative Writing, Theresa's academic career started in Zambia as an administrator in the Ministry of Higher Education. She was previously the Program Manager for Harvard University's Presidential Public Service Fellowship, and a Zambian languages instructor in the University's African Languages Program.

Theresa is the founder of Books for Zambia and the author of novels: Twilight in the Morning and Torment of an Angel; and contributing editor for Children and AIDS: Sub-Saharan Africa.