A story about people who succeed in life thanks to nothing but their own efforts. Maria do Carmo is the main character of the telenovela; a mother of five who struggle to be successful in life, but whose most important will be recovering the love of her daughter who was kidnapped when she was just months old. Family relationship and values that today's society seems to have forgotten are some of the issues discussed in 'Her Own Destiny'. The telenovela is divided in two phases: the first phase starts in 1968 and lasts four episodes and a half; on the second one, action moves ahead to years later.