At 14 years old, Gomez-Preston began her acting career in
The WB sitcom ''
The Parent 'Hood'', as Zaria Peterson. She guest starred on
UPN's
One on One as Flex's younger sister/Breanna's aunt, Bernadette. Also, she was a guest host of the weekly music series
Soul Train, aired in December 1995. She also played Francine opposite
Holly Robinson Peete in the short-lived
UPN sitcom,
Love Inc. She is also a former cast member of
Nickelodeon's
The Amanda Show. She has been featured in
King magazine twice, first in the September/October 2003 issue, and again in the December 2006/January 2007 issue. She was one out of five cover girls in her second appearance. She also appeared in music videos such as "
Sorry 2004" by
Ruben Studdard, "No Better Love" by
Young Gunz, and "
Whatever You Like" by
T.I. Gomez-Preston is a writer of feature films, with her own business and production company. She voiced
Roberta Tubbs (replacing actress
Nia Long),
Cleveland Brown's stepdaughter on the
FOX animated sitcom
The Cleveland Show from 2009 until the show's cancellation in 2013. Since Cleveland returned to
Family Guy in the 2014 episode "
He's Bla-ack!", Roberta has not had a single line. She had a recurring
voice-over role as the twin sisters
Jenny and Kiki Pizza on the animated
Cartoon Network television series
Steven Universe and in 2016, she began a recurring role on the
OWN television drama
Queen Sugar as Chantal Williams. ==Personal life==