Eva Faes finished her master’s degree in Dutch and English literature and linguistics in 2003. She also graduated as a teacher of English, Dutch and Dutch as a second language.
She then taught Dutch as a second language, Dutch as a first language and English as a foreign language in secondary and adult education. She also taught project-based general subjects in adult education.
Since 2016, she has been working as a teacher educator at AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts.