Having read history in the National University of Singapore, Derelyn went on to work for a couple of years as a writer before commencing her law graduate studies in the University of Western Australia. She has since been called as a solicitor to the New South Wales Supreme Court and is currently a trainee in Colin Ng & Partners. It is her interest in history that made her sign up for a Masters in Asian Art Histories with LASALLE, and her area of interest is on Malayan artists in the early post-war era.