She attended state schools at Toowoomba and Brisbane and studied radiography from 1965 to 1967, earning a diploma and winning the Kodak Student Prize for research.
From 1967 to 1971 she worked as a radiographer, and in 1979 she commenced a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in government and history at the University of Queensland.
Beryce was one of the founders of the Down's syndrome Association in Australia and during her time as president from 1978 to 1980 also worked as their public relations officer until her election to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1980 as the Liberal member for Aspley.
During that decade she also served on a number of state and national boards including Energex Ltd, Musica Viva and the Abused Child Trust - now Act for Kids.
Following her retirement Beryce made a life changing move to the country town of Toogoolawah in Queensland where she became part of a group involved in the establishment of a recently completed cultural heritage project and in 2013 she married Canadian/Australian artist Merton Chambers.