A descendant of Puerto Rico, Cookie Gomez was born in New York City and raised in the Bronx by her father and mother along with her five brothers. Her workaholic parents throughout her childhood left her and her siblings many times to simply raise and fend for themselves. As she grew older, the dysfunction of the family took a toll, and she found herself trying to fill the void with drugs and abusive relationships. At 18 years old and with a terminal illness, she fled New York to move to California to live with a friend. Cookie eventually met the man who would be the father of her first son. Once that relationship fell apart, she found herself relapsed after 6 years clean and in and out of the same cycle of drugs and depression. After moving to Anaheim in 1988, Cookie met her first husband and future father of her next 3 children. After her first son was born with a congenital rare disease, Cookie was invited to go to a healing service at a local church. That night the paster prayed over her son and prophesied to her, that if she believed, her son would be healed. Cookie knew she had a decision to make. She believed that night and a promise was made. Her life in servitude to God if He would heal her first born son. Cookie’s son would go on to be healed and he would later regain his vision in both eyes. Her life would never be the same.