Following graduation from the Universities of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, she worked as a substitute teacher in several cities before becoming the school liaison coordinator at Orcadia Youth Residence, a young offender custody facility outside Yorkton. Mrs. Van Caeseele has made Yorkton her home for the past 15 years and has been active in a number of Ukrainian community and school organizations, including school community councils, Troyanda Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and the Yorkton branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.