lloyd was born in portsmouth. she left school when she was 13 to work. she tried to kill herself three times. when she was 17 years old, she moved to germany. she worked there as a prostitute for two years. when her pimp tried to kill her, she went to a church to live. lloyd moved to the united states in 1997. she went back to school and got a general educational diploma. then she went to university. there she got a master’s degree in urban anthropology.