Teri Garcia received a formal education in art from Ventura College and Cal State Fullerton.  She continued her art education taking classes at Cal State Northridge and UCLA.  Along the way she studied with Gerd Koch, Bettye Saar, Don Lagerberg and Karen Carson.  She currently teaches art and is Art Department Chair at Saugus High School, Santa Clarita, California.  She exhibits in the Los Angeles area. She has exhibited at ARSG at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Howell Green Gallery in Topanga Canyon, White's Gallery in Montrose and Schomberg Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica.