Editing Vienna Teng (section)

===''Inland Territory'' and study at the University of Michigan===
Her fourth album, ''Inland Territory,'' was released in 2009. Teng stated that the lyrics to "Grandmother Song" from ''Inland Territory'' are nearly a verbatim translation of a lecture that Teng received from her Mandarin-speaking grandmother, voicing her disapproval of Teng's career choice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deusner |first=Stephen M. |date=April 5, 2009 |title=Heritage Foundations: Vienna Teng |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2009/04/06/heritage_foundations_vienna_teng/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

In 2010, Teng announced to her fans that she had been accepted into the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the [[University of Michigan]].<ref name=":1" /> Through the program, she received an MBA from the [[Ross School of Business]]<ref name=":0" /> and an [[Master of Science|MS]] from the [[University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment|School of Natural Resources and Environment]]. During this period, Teng moved to [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], where she continued to perform and compose music, although she did not tour as frequently as she had before enrolling. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2013, she worked at [[McKinsey & Company]] full-time in the area of renewable energy.