Teresa Hinton fell in love with dance at five years old at Morton Street Dance Center (MSDC) in Baltimore, Maryland. She trained under Donna L. Jacobs, the artistic director at MSDC for over ten years. While attending MSDC she performed with the student repertory company Radius and was an apprentice of Full Circle Dance Company from 2015 to 2017. Teresa earned her B.S. in Health Science Policy Administration at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. She was a part of the Marching Force, dancing with Ebony Fire.