Bachelor of Arts degree in Romance languages and literature from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa , 1960. Interpreters School of the University of Geneva, 1963.
Theresa's biography is quite remarkable. A Portuguese citizen raised during Salazar's regime, she lived in Mozambique and attended college in South Africa. So she managed to live under Fascism, colonialism, and Apartheid - and benefit from all three.