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Gomez-Preston was born in Detroit, Michigan to an Puerto Rican mother and a African-American father, later separated. When Reagan was young her mother Chery Gomez worked for the Detroit Police Department and quit, when she filed a sexual harassment suit against them. Her mother then moved the family from Detroit's West Side to Philadelphia after filing it. There she would enroll in acting, dancing, and singing lessons at Philadelphia's Freedom Theatre. Later, having her mother move her and her younger brother from Philadelphia to Los Angeles so Reagan could persue an acting career.