[1] The paintings of Betty were distinguished by graffiti and handwriting submerged beneath layers of radiant, transparent color.
Some of her famous artworks are Women Artists of Color: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the Americas; Black Velvet, the Art We Love to Hate; International Review of African American Art etc.
She received a Rockefeller Foundation Residency Fellowship in the Humanities and the "Sisters of Fire" Award by Women of Color Resource Center.
She co-founded the Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) in 1989 and is a lecturer at San Francisco State University.
2011: Community Leadership Award, National Japanese American Historical Society[6] 2009: California State Senate Certificate of Recognition, Founding Member of Asian American Women Artists Association[6] 2002: Sisters of Fire Award, Women of Color Resource Center[6] 1991: Rockefeller Foundation Residency Fellowship in the Humanities, Asian American Center, Queens College, New York[6] 1981, 1982: Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) Finalist[6] 1977: Exhibition Award, San Francisco Arts Festival[6]