Mateus is the co-founder of The Mystic Soul Project and co-founder and program coordinator for TRACC (trauma response & crisis care) 4 Movements. She has served as a trauma therapist/traumatologist for nearly 15 years of her career, focusing in areas of: combat trauma, social movement trauma, collective crisis trauma, spiritual & religious trauma, LGBTQIA+ trauma, BIPOC/QTPOC-centered and intergenerational trauma among others. She is a graduate of NYU School of Clinical Social Work, Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training and a student of Indigenous healing within the Incan Lineage of Q'ero Paqos as well as BIPOC-centered herbalism. Teresa is the author of three books.