While raising a family and supporting what would become her husband's distinguished and busy academic career in Transplantation at UCLA, Terasaki pursued her activities in printmaking, exhibiting mainly in the Los Angeles area. The subject matter of her work reflected her extensive travels accompanying her husband around the world and her constant care of four children. In fact, her most prolific period artistically was during the busy years of the 1970s and 1980s.
Terasaki balanced raising a family with supporting her husband's demanding career in transplantation at UCLA while also pursuing her own artistic endeavors in printmaking. Her work, which reflected her travels and family life, was primarily exhibited in the Los Angeles area during the 1970s and 1980s.