Education
She graduated early from Scottsbluff High School in the spring of 2010 after taking a double load of classes throughout high school.
She graduated early from Scottsbluff High School in the spring of 2010 after taking a double load of classes throughout high school.
Scanlan is of Croatian ancestry. Her maternal grandparents, Frank and Nives Jelich (Jelić), immigrated to the United States from Ilovik, Croatia. Scanlan was home-schooled until her junior year of high school, before attending Gering High School part-time for half of her junior year.
Teresa was named a Salutatorian for the Scottsbluff class of 2010.
While at Scottsbluff High School, she played the lead role Sharpay Evans in Disney"s High School Musical Onstage. She also participated in choir, show choir, and speech.
In 2012, she enrolled as a student at Patrick Henry College. Mission Nebraska 2010
Scanlan’s platform is “Eating Disorders: A Generation at Risk.” Scanlan’s passion to combat eating disorders stems from a friend who struggled with bulimia.
Scanlan did research about eating disorders for her friend and discovered how rampant it was across the nation.
She hopes to educate children and adults alike as to the signs and risks of eating disorders, as well as how and where to get help for themselves or a loved one. Her competition talent was piano. At 17 years of age, she is the youngest Mission Nebraska ever crowned.
After winning the title of Mission Nebraska, Scanlan announced that she was taking a year off from school to fulfill her duties as Mission Nebraska, and that she had deferred enrollment to Patrick Henry College until the fall of 2011.
Mission America 2011
Her platform for the national pageant was "Eating Disorders: A Generation at Risk."
Mission World America 2015.