Heather Freeman received her B.A. cum laude from The George Washington University in 2000 and received her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Institute of Technology) in 2004. She is licensed to practice law in Florida and Illinois, and is also admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits and for Veterans Claims, and multiple United States District Courts including the Northern and Middle Districts of Florida.

She is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Representatives (NOSSCR), co-authored Chapter 20 in the Social Security Disability Advocate's Handbook, James Publishing, Inc., and is fluent in Spanish.