She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1992. Her daughter Kate attended Pre-K through third grade, and her son Frank attended Pre-K through first grade. Betsey taught in a preschool, right out of college, then worked at Biltmore Estate in the group sales department coordinating school and educational visits to the property. She taught for three years at Central United Methodist Weekday School, before joining pre-k at CDS in 2007. Betsey has taught and been an assistant in both Pre-k and kindergarten at CDS. She has received her Associate Level Orton- Gillingham training and she completed the Key Learning Center Multi-Sensory Structured Language Classroom Educator course.