Maria Teresa Scandola was an Italian missionary nun of the Comboni Missionary Sisters who lived from 1849 to 1903. Born in Bosco Chiesanuova, she became the second member of the religious order founded by Daniel Comboni to support his evangelization efforts in Central Africa. After joining the novitiate in Verona, she traveled to Africa as one of the first European women to serve in that region. She dedicated her life to the spiritual and educational development of children in what is now South Sudan.