Betty is a co-founder and a member of the Ethiopian Media Women Association (EMWA), which strives to create gender-sensitive media and improve women’s access and participation. For more than 10 years, Betty has participated in various endeavors the Association has embarked upon as a Trainer, Media Producer, Community Conversation Facilitator, Project Coordinator, Story Writer and Fundraiser. Betty works at the Save the Children International Ethiopia Country office as Communications Manager for Humanitarian Programs. She has an MA in Politics and the Mass Media from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and BA in Foreign Languages and Literature from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia.