Tessa is from Elgin, OK. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business and a Master's Degree in Behavioral Science at CU. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and has a national certification as a Master Addiction Counselor. She comes to CU from the Department of Defense where she worked as a counseling psychologist for more than a decade. Tessa previously worked at CU while she was obtaining her degrees before leaving to work in the community as a licensed counselor.