Camila Alves McConaughey, is Matthew McConaughey's Brazilian-born wife of 12 years. She's an entrepreneur, author, and founder of the lifestyle website Women of Today, Camila met her husband in 2006 in a West Hollywood nightclub. They now have three children. They are working together on their nonprofit, the just keep livin Foundation (which they started in 2008 to help at-risk youth), this is their first joint venture. Camila Alves was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Her mother was an artist, and her father was a farmer and rancher. Although she spent some of her childhood in a city, the rest of the time was in the country, specifically the small town of Itambacuri in the state of Minas Gerais.