After settling in the state of Florida, Vasiliki J. Stathes worked for forty years as a teacher of foreign languages and fine arts at Miami Senior High School, combining her passion for languages, the arts, teaching, and intercultural communication. She was beloved both by her students and by the local community, and became known for her innovative teaching methods.

Throughout her life, Billie collected Greek proverbs and ancient Greek maxims, a reflection of her love for words as well as for the folk wisdom of her ancestral homeland, Greece.