Early Life
A native New Yorker, Betsy Gotbaum attended The Brearley School and graduated from The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry in 1956. She then attended Connecticut College for 2 years, followed by Barnard College. She then received her B.A. from George Washington University in 1961. After graduation, she moved to Recife, Brazil, where she taught high school English and mastered Spanish and Portuguese. She returned to New York several years later and earned a Masters Degree in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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