Although Gayle was born in Detroit and spent the first 13 years of her life there, she considers St. Louis home. When her family moved to the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield, Gayle began attending John F. Kennedy Catholic High School. Before she had even graduated from high school, however, Gayle began to pursue what would become a lifelong passion for music - she began working at radio station KYMC 89.7 FM. She would go on to spend the next 7 years there as on air talent, music director, program director, and station manager.
Gayle attended St. Louis University on a scholarship, and after exhausting all of the audio production classes they had to offer, transfered to Webster University. At Webster she spent one year as an audio engineer in the sound studio, and also developed a love for video production. She went on to receive a degree in Media/Communications.
After graduation, Gayle dove into the corporate video world, writing, lighting, shooting, and edit