An active member of The Arts Society, Miss Choy-Thurlow is a founding member of The Arts Society of The Hague and has fulfilled committee positions including chairman and Mainland Europe Area Chairman and presently is Area Trainer and a New Societies committee member.

Miss Choy-Thurlow received her BSc from Salem State University, USA, her MEd from Trinity College Dublin and continued art history studies at Leiden University.

In 2018 Miss Choy-Thurlow was given the honour of Knight in the  Order of Oranje Nassau by the Dutch King Willem Alexander of Orange for her knowledge and work in the field of the arts esp. 15^th to 17^th century Dutch and Flemish art.