Teresa Marie Nesman

NESMAN, Teresa Marie died peacefully in her sleep August 6, 2016. Survivors are her parents, Edgar and Marjorie Nesman; her brothers, Tom, Dan and Rick; and her caregiver through the debilities of cancer, Carol Seevers. She was born in Oriente, Cuba in 1957, where her parents were teaching in a rural vocational school. Her grade school years were spent in Alajuela, Costa Rica and Gainesville, Florida, high school in Tampa and college at Florida State University. She spent 15 years as a science teacher locally, before entering USF for a master’s degree and then a PhD in Applied Anthropology. Teresa’s remaining years were in research and evaluation projects and teaching courses on cultural competence at the Child and Family Department of the Mental Health Institute at USF. Teresa authored numerous writings from her research studies in the field of children’s mental health and cultural assimilation and directed many training workshops. She also volunteered one year in Haiti at a Presbyterian mission, helping with teacher training, while volunteering on their mission’s executive board for many years. The funeral will be held Saturday, August 13th at 2 p.m. at Blount and Curry Funeral Home, Terrace Oaks Chapel, 12690 N. 56th St., Temple Terrace, FL. Visitation will be between 1 and 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, you may want to donate to the Haitian American Foundation, P.O. Box 1349, State College, PA 16804, or online at www.HAFF.org or donate to her local church, Cornerstone Presbyterian PCA, 17520 Marsh Rd., Lutz, FL 33558.