Teresa Sarti Strada, née Teresa Sarti (28 March 1946 – 1 September 2009) was an Italian teacher, pacifist and philanthropist who, together with her husband Gino Strada, founded Emergency, an NGO dedicated to providing free medical treatment to the victims of war, poverty and land mines.

The youngest daughter of a plumber and housewife, Teresa Sarti was born and raised in Sesto San Giovanni, a working-class suburb of Milan.

[1] She began her teaching career at Giolli State Middle School,[1] in Bicocca, a neighbouring district of Milan,[2] whose population was mostly made up of poor immigrants from the south of Italy and dominated by organized crime.

She was opposed to all forms of violence[c] Luigi Iannone described her as "an idefatigable pacifist" who would do everything in her power for human rights and international peace.

[2] On All Souls' Day (2 November) of the same year, at a traditional ceremony presided over by the mayor Letizia Moratti, the name of Teresa Sarti Strada was entered in the Famedio at the cemetery of Lambrate among "the meritorious of the city".