Gabriel was born and raised in Asheville, NC and then attended Brown University in Providence, RI, where he received a Bachelors of Arts in the Classics. After working for a couple of years as a paralegal, he began to pursue a call to the ministry beginning with seminary studies at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Gabriel was ordained in the RPCNA in 2018, and, after serving at a church on Rhode Island, he became the pastor of the Oswego Reformed Presbyterian Church in 2020. Gabriel and his wife Megan reside on the east side of town with all their kiddos.