Reagan Amyre Gomez-Preston (born April 24, 1980) is an American television, film and voice actress. She is known for her roles as Zaria Peterson on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood (1995–1999) and Roberta Tubbs on the FOX animated comedy The Cleveland Show (2009–2013). She has also reprised the role of Roberta Tubbs in occasional Family Guy appearances. Gomez-Preston also starred in the short-lived UPN sitcom, Love, Inc. in the 2005–2006 season as Francine.
Was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Puerto Rican mother, Cheryl Gomez, and an African American father, Dr. Bennett Preston. She has a younger brother named Kyle.
Gomez-Preston's father, Bennett Preston, is a medical examiner/pathologist in Philadelphia.[citation needed] When Gomez-Preston was young her mother worked for the Detroit Police Department. Cheryl Gomez was one of the first women assigned to street patrol.[citation needed] Due to verbal abuse, written racist epithets, death threats, and a commanding officer expressing interest in a relationship with her, she filed a sexual harassment suit against the Detroit Police Department, which she won, receiving an award somewhere between $800,000 and $1.2 million. After this Cheryl Gomez moved the family to Little Rock, AR, then to Philadelphia. In Philadelphia Gomez-Preston was enrolled in acting, dancing, and singing lessons at Philadelphia's Freedom Theatre. Her parents eventually divorced. In 1994, she moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles with her mother and brother Kyle, so she could pursue an acting career.[citation needed]

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