Teresa opened Stretch Studio in 2007, and developed a program for dance fitness classes and introduced the Black Hills to Zumba. She has trained with local, national, and international dancers in the styles of belly dance, latin, hula, tahitian, samba, hip hop, aerial, bhangra, and burlesque. She has 100+ hours of private training from belly dance instructors such as Kisa Dance of Rapid City, and Sadie Marquardt, an international BellyDance Superstar.

Teresa attended the Pulse Tour in 2010 and 2011, and Monsters of Hip Hop in 2010, allowing her to experience hip hop and jazz classes from the most amazing choreographers in the world! She has had the opportunity to learn from the best in the industry such as Wade Robson, Dave Scott, Cris Judd, Laurieann Gibson, Nappytabs, Poppin' Pete, Audrey Gibson,and John Gillette. 

She is a certified personal trainer, as well as a certified Zumba Instructor. Teresa believes that education is invaluable as an instructor, and travels several times a year to keep fresh on the latest dance and fitness styles and choreography. 

Stretch Studio is home to the area's top performance groups, training many in both dance and fitness programs.

Teresa is the choreographer and creator of the latin performance group, the Lolas. She will be a guest performer with Full Throttle Saloon Flaunt at this years Sturgis Rally, performing aerial dance and fire hoop. She will be coaching the Rapid City Rushettes for the fourth consecutive year.