Angela Unkrich is an American writer, former college diver, and Alfonso Ribeiro’s wife. She grew up on an Iowa farm, joined Northwestern’s diving team, and later moved to Los Angeles. After she became a mom, she wrote about family life, travel, food, and healthy home choices. She and Ribeiro married in 2012 and have three children together.
In this article, you’ll learn about Angela’s Iowa roots, sports years, college life, early jobs, writing, marriage, children, family trips, and life in 2026.
Who Is Angela Unkrich?
Long before red carpets became part of her life, Angela Unkrich came from rural Iowa. Farm life and sports shaped her early years.
She later moved to Los Angeles, where her sports background opened doors to coaching and stunt work before she moved into other jobs and, later, family writing.
Most people know her because she married Alfonso Ribeiro. Her own path, though, began far from show business.
Growing Up on an Iowa Farm
Angela is from Swedesburg, Iowa. It is a small town in the southeast part of the state.
She has said she grew up on a cattle and hog farm. Daily life was active, and sports became a big part of her youth.
She played basketball, softball, and volleyball. She ran track and did gymnastics. Springboard diving became her main sport.
Diving gave her more than medals or school pride. It helped take her from Iowa to Northwestern University.
From Iowa to Northwestern
Angela attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She studied communication and also joined the diving program.
Northwestern’s official athletics archive lists Angela Unkrich with the divers on its 2000-01 women’s swimming and diving team. It says she had redshirted the year before and then returned to the group.
Northwestern gave her a college sports record that can still be traced today, while her communication studies later fit naturally with her move into writing.
Moving West After College
After college, Angela Unkrich moved to Los Angeles.
Her first years there did not follow one neat career plan. Her diving and gymnastics skills helped her get stunt work. She also worked as a diving coach.
At other points, she worked for a screenwriter and as a private jet flight attendant.
Later, writing became a bigger part of her work, especially after motherhood changed the subjects she wanted to cover.
My Mommyhood Tales
After becoming a mother, Angela created a blog called My Mommyhood Tales.
She wrote about pregnancy and raising children. She also covered family trips, recipes, food, home life, and healthy choices.
The blog came from real life. It was not built around red carpets or fame. It was about days with kids, travel plans, meals, home products, and the small problems parents face.
The blog centered on practical family life rather than entertainment news or celebrity coverage.
How Angela Met Alfonso Ribeiro
Angela met Alfonso Ribeiro in Beverly Hills in 2011.
The story stands out for one simple reason. She did not know who he was.
Ribeiro had already spent years on TV. He was famous for playing Carlton Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Angela, though, was not looking to date someone from that world.
She later said he kept trying to get her attention. At first, she was not sold on the idea.
She did agree to a date. She even planned to leave early.
That plan changed once they started talking. The date lasted, and the relationship grew from there.
By 2012, they were engaged.
Their Wedding in 2012
Angela and Alfonso married on October 13, 2012, in California.
The wedding brought together family and friends from Ribeiro’s long TV career. But the date became more important as the years passed.
In October 2025, the couple marked 13 years of marriage. People reported on their anniversary, which they called “golden” because they had been married 13 years on the 13th.
Angela also looked back at how different their early lives had been. He grew up in the Bronx. She grew up on an Iowa farm.
Those two worlds came together in the home they built.
Their Three Children
Angela and Alfonso have three children together.
Their son Alfonso “AJ” Lincoln Ribeiro Jr. was born in 2013. Anders Reyn Ribeiro followed in 2015. Their daughter, Ava Sue Ribeiro, arrived in 2019.
Alfonso also has an older daughter, Sienna, from his first marriage to Robin Stapler.
That makes the Ribeiro home a blended family. The children are also at very different ages and stages.
Family has stayed at the center of Angela’s public life. Her old blog grew from motherhood. Her later posts often show trips, school days, sports, birthdays, and time together.
Travel as a Family Habit
Travel is one of the clearest themes in the Ribeiro family.
They have taken road trips and long trips abroad. They often travel as a group instead of treating travel as an adults-only break.
In 2024, Angela joined Alfonso, their three younger children, their parents, and other family members on an eight-day Disney river cruise along the Rhine. People covered the family trip, which included stops in places such as Strasbourg and Amsterdam.
That kind of travel fits Angela’s old writing well. She often wrote about family trips and how children learn from seeing new places.
The 2024 cruise also included Angela and Alfonso’s parents, making it a multigenerational family trip rather than a work-related appearance.
Health and Food at Home
Healthy living became another big part of Angela’s family life.
Alfonso has said she helped lead major changes in the food they eat at home. The shift came after a health issue with one of their children.
The family cut back on several foods and moved toward a cleaner diet.
That was not a new theme for Angela. She had already written about food, safer home products, and low-toxin living on her blog.
The subject matched themes she had already covered in her family writing, including food, home products, and everyday wellness.
Life Around Dancing With the Stars
Alfonso’s work keeps the family close to TV.
He has hosted America’s Funniest Home Videos since 2015. He later became a Dancing with the Stars co-host.
Angela has often been there for big nights and family events tied to the show.
The link is personal too. Alfonso won Season 19 of Dancing with the Stars with Witney Carson in 2014.
Over time, the couple built real friendships with people from that TV circle.
Still, Angela has not tried to make herself a TV star.
Her own public life has stayed closer to family, writing, travel, food, and health.
Thirteen Years of Marriage
By 2026, Angela and Alfonso had been married for more than 13 years.
Their October 2025 anniversary offered a clear look back at that time. Angela wrote about the distance between their childhood worlds, from his Bronx upbringing to her Iowa farm, and the family they later built together.
The milestone came after years of raising three children together while Alfonso continued a busy television career.
Angela Unkrich in 2026
In 2026, Angela remains part of a busy family with deep ties to TV, sports, travel, and school life.
She still appears with Alfonso at some events. She also shares parts of family life online.
Her old blog is no longer the main place for her public work, but its main themes are still easy to see. Family comes first. Travel stays important. Food and health still matter. So does being present for the children.
Her story has also kept the same basic shape.
She grew up on a farm. Diving took her to Northwestern. College led to Los Angeles. Motherhood gave her a new reason to write.
Then marriage brought her into a much more public family.
A Life That Stayed Close to Its Roots
Angela Unkrich’s story is not only about being married to a famous TV host.
She had her own sports life before she met Alfonso Ribeiro. She went to a top university. She moved across the country. She tried different jobs. Later, she built a writing life around motherhood.
Today, her world includes TV events and travel, but it also includes school plans, meals, sports, family trips, and home life.
Los Angeles is far from the Iowa farm where her story began. Even so, the main parts of her life still feel connected to those early years: family, activity, hard work, and staying curious about the world.
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