Gabrielle Reyes was born in Oceanside, California. At the age of nine she relocated with her family to Arlington, Texas where her father was a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. She was home-schooled until seventh grade and graduated high school at Arlington High School being seen in countless musicals and drama productions. After high school she went to college at The University of Oklahoma where she received a BFA in the Peggy Dow Helmrich School of Drama.