The car has to be borrowed from a friend, with minimum insurance for which she prepaid the friend. She might be driving without insurance. If she gets caught and the car gets impounded, it's ciao, Leonessa.

The refill cards for the phone are probably the way she operates. Wonder if she uses reloadable debit cards and adds money to them when she can. I don't know if you can do that from convenience or grocery stores.

There must be a dozen street survival techniques the Lioness has mastered over the years. She's a survivor.