Tesoriero grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Evelyn, learning to play football in the backyard with her brothers.

Due to lack of girl's youth teams in football, Tesoriero started playing basketball and netball.

[1] Tesoriero has also played football outside of Australia, representing Wandsworth Demons in the AFL London competition.

[5] In October 2018 she joined Richmond as a full time AFLW recruiter and accepted a role as a playing assistant coach for the 2019 VFLW season.

[5] She suffered an ACL tear in her left knee while playing a match against NT Thunder in June 2019, but opted against a full surgical repair in favour of the quicker non-surgical return she had once before successfully completed while playing state-league football in 2012.