"[2] She shared the 2019 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children with writer Margot Lee Shetterly for Hidden Figures.
[4] She chose to go to the School of Visual Arts because she recognized the vast experience in illustration held by the faculty, and because it was a fairly inexpensive option for her at the time.
She did odd jobs to make ends meet, including painting storefront windows, waitressing, and working for Polo and Ralph Lauren.
[5] Though she has used many mediums in the past, Freeman primarily works in Photoshop when illustrating children's books, even when sketching out early drafts of pages.
[5] Freeman enjoys illustrating for biographies because she likes to learn about the people she's depicting, and she hopes the children who read these stories will be able to see themselves in these influential figures.