Betchay trained with the Philippine Educational Theatre Association (PETA). Betchay was Executive Director of a region-wide Centre for People’s Culture and the Program Director of PETA-Broadcast and Film. Betchay came to Australia in 1990. She produced and/or directed a number of theatrical events reflecting the Territory’s multicultural communities. In 1992, she founded Kulay Lupa, a traditional Filipino performing ensemble and then Kilos Kultura, a Filipino youth group whose work revolved around the fusion of traditional Filipino and contemporary movement forms.

Betchay was the Dance Annimateur, Tracks, 2001-2002. She directed Mother Daughter, co-directed Ignite and worked as cultural adviser on Rivers of the Underground.