Betty holds a secondary teaching qualification for Dutch from the Faculty of Education in Amsterdam. She taught Dutch at various schools in Turkey, Japan, China, The Netherlands and Singapore. Betty founded the Stichting Nederlands Onderwijs (Dutch Education Foundation) in Istanbul and professionalised the curriculum. She was examiner for the CNaVT-exam in several countries. As from August 2016, Betty works at the International School of the Hague (ISH) as IB-Dutch teacher in the MYP-programme. At ISH she is Language and Literature coordinator, and she develops teaching resources. Betty is well informed of all recent developments regarding IB Education.
Betty is a teacher.