[1] She became an infants teacher and taught in several schools, in South and North Wales, including Aberdare, Onllwyn, Porthmadog, Trefriw and Nefyn .

After World War I, she lived for a short time in Merthyr before returning to Nefyn in 1920 after her husband was appointed headteacher there.

She then turned her hand to writing in Welsh, and between 1939 and 1949 she won many awards at the National Eisteddfod for stories, novels and plays for children.

[1] Watkin-Jones wrote five books of short plays for children, including Onesimus (1947) and Pwt a Moi (1953).

She also wrote seven novels or historical stories, all for children, between 1939 and 1955, her personal favourite being Plant y Mynachdy (1939).