[4] Gal-Ezer graduated from Tel Aviv University in 1968, and completed her PhD in applied mathematics there in 1978.
[5] Gal-Ezer is one of the founders of the Computer Science Department at the Open University of Israel.
[6] She has also been a leader in the development of Israel's high school computer science curriculum for over 25 years.
[4] In 2007 she won the SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education.
[4] She was named a 2021 ACM Fellow "for contributions to research and implementation in computer science education".