Teresa studied architecture at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo from 1982 – 1987. Upon graduating, Teresa worked in Los Angeles for 12 years where she was a senior project manager on a variety of projects and a partner in the firm. Teresa arrived in Dublin in 1999 where she worked with Cahill-O’Brien Associates before starting Slattery Design in January of 2001.

Slattery Design is now based in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny and continues to work on a variety of project throughout Leinster.