Tessa was raised in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, where she grew up milking cows on her family’s dairy farm. She has performed On and Off Broadway, Internationally at the Galway Arts Festival, in TV, Film, and Commercials, and in Regional Theaters all across the country. She earned her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, and studied at the Moscow Art Theatre. She works extensively in Washington, DC, where she now lives with her husband and two young daughters.