Confronting mortality, Tessa finds cultural balance that otherwise eluded her

By Melanie Whelan
Updated July 17 2018 - 8:23pm, first published 8:00pm
JOURNEY: Chinese-Muslim Tessa Mao is finding balance in identity and personal values as she confronts death. Picture: Lachlan Bence
JOURNEY: Chinese-Muslim Tessa Mao is finding balance in identity and personal values as she confronts death. Picture: Lachlan Bence

LIFE was about deadlines for self-confessed workaholic Tessa Mao: finishing projects, business travels plans, making goals and ticking them off.

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