 She also had an older sister named Anne-Marie who was born in 1966 and died in 2000
.Anne-Marie had cerebral palsy and spent much of her life in the Birribi care facility in Rockhampton.Freeman attended several schools including schools in Mackay and Coppabella but was mostly educated at Fairholme College in Toowoomba where she attended after winning a scholarship to board at the school.