Marisol Maldonado is an American model and is married to Rob Thomas (lead singer of Matchbox Twenty). She is a native of the borough Queens in New York City and her parents are of Puerto Rican descent. She met her future husband while vacationing with her friends in Montreal.
She is the stepmother to Rob Thomas' son, Maison Avery-William (b. July 10, 1998), from a previous relationship.
She appeared in Santana's music video Smooth, Rob Thomas' music video, Ever the Same and his DVD supplement to the CD ...Something To Be in a documentary photo shoot clip at Mark Seliger's Studio.
She and Rob Thomas were married on October 2, 1999.
Maldonado suffers from a rare autoimmune disorder similar to lupus erythematosus.