Freda earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from the SCAD Atlanta. She currently lives in Greenville, S.C., and teaches drawing and printmaking at the University of South Carolina Upstate in the Visual Arts Department. Freda has recently had concurrent shows of her works across the U.S. and Asia, including Starfangled Press, Brevard, N.C.; Kai Lin Art, Atlanta; Jan Kossen Contemporary Art Gallery, New York City; and the National Tainan Living Art Center, Tainan, Taiwan.