She has been part of the Galician government as Conselleira of House and Real State of the Board of Galicia between 2005 and 2009.

She was born in Ciudad de México, daughter of Spanish emigrants from Carballiño and Beariz,[1] and is the eldest of four siblings.

In 1990 she left Portela's studio for setting up her own as "Teresa Táboas Estudio de Arquitectura", where she has developed several projects of Building and Urbanism.

[4] She is also a consultant at the Superior Council of Spanish Architects, being the second woman at this position since the institution was founded in 1931.

She has also been a member of the consultative commissions for Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism at the European Parliament's Architect commission, representing the Superior Council of Spanish Architects, and in 2006 was awarded the gold medal from the University of Anáhuac for her professional trajectory.