Betty Mendez Livioco, born Beatriz Mendez on February 18, 1931, in Iriga Camarines Sur, Philippines. Known as "Tita Betty", she was the host of the a popular radio show in the 1950s and 1960s called Tita Betty's Children's Show. The show debuted on November 20, 1949. She also directed radio dramas and managed the radio station, DWAN-AM.