He earned his M.B.A in Finance and Accounting at Regis University School of Business and has worked in both the public and private sectors. Teo was born in Vietnam, and at the age of two, his family escaped the country by boat. After nine years in the refugee camp on Soko Island, Hong Kong, Teo and his family arrived in the United States in 1998. Over the years, Teo and his family were able to integrate into American culture and consider this country to be home.