Hazel Gómez graduated from Loyola University Chicago with double Bachelor's degrees in Forensic Science and Biology. Since 2012, she has been studying the Islamic sacred sciences with Rabata.org's Ribaat Academic Institute under the tutelage of Shaykha Dr. Tamara Gray and other Muslim women scholars. Additionally, she serves as a faith-rooted community organizer at a Detroit-based nonprofit focusing on housing justice. Hazel also dedicates her time as a volunteer, advisor, and board member to various nonprofits ranging from community development and convert care to anti-racism work and bail reform. She is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity in Islamic Chaplaincy from Bayan Islamic Graduate School out of Chicago Theological Seminary.

In 2021, she was named by the Center for American Progress as 1 of 21 faith leaders to watch. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/21-faith-leaders-watch-2021/

She currently lives in Detroit with her husband and three sons.