For as long as Gabriella can remember she has loved photography. Although born in England she spent her childhood in Frankfurt, Germany, until the age of 9, when she moved back to England. From a young age she took hundreds of photographs of her family and friends using disposable cameras. She then decided to take it a bit more seriously and studied the subject at A-level, before going on to the renowned photography foundation at Filton College, Bristol.

In 2009 she graduated from the University of Brighton with a degree in Editorial Photography. In the same year she was awarded The Tom Buckeridge Photography Prize and was short-listed for The Guardian Student Photographer of the Year. Since graduating her work has been exhibited in group shows at the DMH Stallard Gallery in Brighton, and at the Independent Photographers Gallery in Battle. Recently she was the winner of the Editors Brief: Happenings on IdeasTap.

More recently in October 2010 Gabriella and fellow photographer, Murray Ballard, self-published One Week In Moscow - a photography book raising money for the charity Diabetes UK.