Her first book, the story collection Glow in the Dark (2002)[1] won the Gold Pen[2] and Pacificus Foundation[3] awards.

Her second and third books, the novels Dive (2004)[4] and Heat Signature (2006),[5] address gender, race, intercultural and justice issues.

Her first job was a paid internship with the Los Angeles Times, and then she worked as a researcher for Forbes magazine.

As a painter, she has had a one-woman show at the Watts Towers Art Center,[11] with John Outterbridge as director and curator.

[11] Teasley was a member of the former art collective HowDoYouSayYaminAfrican?, aka the Yams, who debuted their first film at the 2014 Whitney Biennial.