Gayleen is originally from Orange County, California and grew up in the city of Costa Mesa.

She met her biological parents, who are from Tiverton, Rhode Island, when she was 23 years old.
She then started spending her summer vacations with them along the Sakonnet River sailing, kayaking, paddleboarding and swimming.

In California she worked in commodities/options trading, computer aided design, residential and commercial architecture, lease financing and banking industries before trading Newport Beach, California for Newport, Rhode Island.

Gayleen enjoys painting with acrylics and watercolors, kayaking, hiking, volleyball, gardening, reading, board games, puzzles and murder mystery parties.