
Born and raised in México, Teresa has a B. A in Visual Arts and Social Science at Bennington College, US. She is the director and producer of CRUZ (2021), “SUNÚ” (2015). She is the founder and director of El Teatro Indígena de la Sierra Tarahumara, (2002-2011), which has become a native Mexican puppet theatre company based in northern Mexico’s Sierra Madre. She is the author of Andares Cantares, a recompilation of scripts made by Indigenous teenagers. She's been a part of Bread and Puppet since 1996, based in Glover, Vermont.
Like the pine trees of the Sierra Tarahumara, Miguel (79) and Rosa (78) are determined to stay in a forest threatened by loggers. Every day this Rarámuri couple speaks and listens to the pines, the water, and the clouds; they name trees in a world that only puts a price on them.