Gamboa was born Elvira G. Gamboa,[1] in 1951,[2][3] in Manila.[2] She was married to Rocky Austin,[4] but later divorced prior to 1993 and currently lives in California.[2] In 1994, she married Mark Logan Pedley.[5] She has a daughter, Bernadette, and a son, Raymond, from her first marriage[4] and she has a son, Hazemach, from her second.[2]