Freedom: How I Became Her reads like a fictitious novel, but these are the real-life accounts of one woman's journey to self-discovery. After experimenting with different phases of her life that included lesbianism, street life, crime, connections with the wrong people, and more, Cortney ultimately found herself convicted of drug trafficking and serving prison time in Trinidad. It was there in horrific conditions that she began the process of understanding the things she had been through, how she got there, and where she ultimately wanted to be. That is where the transition to FREEDOM began. She used time in prison to re-establish relationships with family, discover new friends, find a relationship with God, and set a plan for when she returned home to the Unites States. FREEDOM: How I Became Her, is an autobiographical account of what she experienced during her childhood, her modeling career, being lured to traffick drugs, her time spent in prison, and her liberating experience of becoming Freedom.