All About ‘Age of Attraction’ Breakout Joleen Diaz, Her Kids & More
While nearly all the couples we saw enter the promise room on Age of Attraction Season 1 committed to continuing their relationships, Joleen Diaz and West Mandell could not move forward. Now, we’re taking a deep dive into the Age of Attraction star who told her connection that he still had a lot of growing to do before they could be together.
Age of Attraction Season 1 premiered on March 11, debuting Netflix’s newest dating experiment in which single daters explore relationships without age-based parameters. With singles from 22 to 60 years old, connections formed with up to 33-year age differences at the resort. While age may be just a number, Joleen Diaz proved that life experience goes hand in hand with the quantitative measurement.
Scroll to find out all about Joleen Diaz, including facts about her children, age, relationship on Age of Attraction, and more!
Who is Joleen Diaz from Age of Attraction?
Age of Attraction Season 1 star Joleen Diaz is a third-grade teacher and mom of two from Fremont, California. According to Netflix, Joleen is originally from Guam and moved with her family to California when she was 10 years old. On Age of Attraction, she explained, “I came here to find love in an ageless environment, mostly to get rid of the parameters I put around dating and to focus on getting to know the person.”
Who are Joleen Diaz’s kids?
On Age of Attraction, Joleen revealed that she has two kids, a daughter and a son, from her first marriage. On social media, Joleen frequently posts pictures with her young daughter and their golden retriever. Her son is not pictured as often. However, she did write on a post celebrating graduation, seemingly from middle school, “Hopefully, he doesn’t mind me posting half his face.”
Joleen looked back at her divorce, sharing, “My ex-husband and I, we took good care of our children together, and we continue to do so, and I remember driving home one day from work and just being so thankful for my life because I had this wonderful man at home, who takes my son to baseball, and just feeling true happiness, and it didn’t work out… I wanna feel that again.”
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Who did Joleen Diaz date on Age of Attraction?
Joleen dated West, who claimed that they had an “undeniable” connection from the start of the experiment on Age of Attraction. West invited Joleen to the promise room, where she told him, “No, I’m not ready to make the commitment of moving in and living together right now. I think you’re much younger than me, and that should matter but… maybe you have growing to do.”
West then questioned if he had a chance “to persuade” Joleen after she made her decision. He explained, “[Moving in together] wouldn’t have to be serious.” Joleen’s response? “That next step is not just for fun.”
How old is Joleen Diaz?
In the promise room, West revealed that he is 30, which is “a little” older than Joleen thought. Joleen then revealed that she is 48, which West couldn’t believe. Joleen told viewers, “I think age can be a parameter that you let go of if there are life experiences that both people have gone through that kind of complement each other.”
Age of Attraction, Season 1, Episodes 1-5, Streaming Now, March 11, Netflix
Age of Attraction, Season 1, Episodes 6-7, Wednesday, March 18, Netflix
Age of Attraction, Season 1, Episode 8, Wednesday, March 25, Netflix
