She was born in 1996 in Santa Monica, California. Her parents Frank and Cynthia Gaylord worked as a lawyer and nutritionist, respectively.
Her siblings' names are Ace, Alisa, Amber, and Devin. Alexis Ren brother, Devin, is the youngest and only boy in the family. He has pink hair.
Due to an early start in modelling, Ren was not able to go to school like normal children. In 2014, she revealed that she was homeschooled and graduated at 16-years-old in 2013.
How did Alexis Ren mother die?
In early 2014, after a six-month-long battle with breast cancer, the model's mother passed away. After her death, Alexis revealed that she went through a very depressing stage in her life.
This was made worse by her modelling agency that told her she had gained some weight, and it would benefit her to work out more. To counter this, she began to experience food guilt and would overexercise as a way to punish herself.
According to the star, she suffered from an eating disorder and was in a very toxic state of mind. Ren eventually found help from a personal trainer and health nutritional coach, Maggie Tanielian.
She was finally able to learn better food practices and overcame her food guilt
