Teresa Morrow, or "Tee", was born and raised in Jacksonville in 1935. She didn't come from a wealthy family, they were barely able to make it through the Great Depression without losing their home. Tee, was extremely smart blowing through every science and math course she could in High School till she graduated with honors in 1953. Tee started college and found that she was one of the few women in many of the science and math classes in which she enrolled.
There, she had to work harder for the same grades that her male classmates received. However, she didn't let the misogyny prevent her from excelling. Tee was able to join one of the first teams working on gene therapy and manipulation. Most of the work was based on research she did, even though her role was regulated to undocumented roles. In 1959 she makes a breakthrough in gene manipulation using rats, birds, and created a type of ant capable of boring through stone.
Local Nosferatu took notice of her early in her career, but moved in quickly to embrace her before another clan could grab her. She has since begun to create hundreds of creatures for the Warren in Miami. Tee has learned to weave creatures into new form using science.. and.. something else. She's not quite sure what it is, but she knows this ability is not common. The Warren, under Mikkels care, is keeping her knowledge a closely guarded secret.