She has worked in educational settings of all sizes for the past 40 years. During this time she has been a school principal for 30 years and has also worked for several years in New York City. While in New York, she worked as a coach and coached school leadership teams in leadership development and worked extensively with schools in the area of teacher professional development and teacher leadership.

Theresa has worked in roles within the Department of Education at a corporate level leading national projects to improve student learning outcomes.

She is an experienced presenter who enjoys working with school teams and has a particular interest in coaching educators who are in the early years of their leadership journey.