Bettijo Hirschi became widely known as the wife of Diff’rent Strokes star Todd Bridges, but she had been building a creative career for more than two decades before that. She is an American designer, blogger, entrepreneur, photographer and art director based in Phoenix, Arizona. In January 2026, after more than three years of marriage, the couple announced their separation. That news brought new attention to a woman who has mostly kept a low profile. This guide covers her background, her businesses, both of her marriages and where things stand now.
Bettijo Hirschi Biography
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Bettijo Boushley Hirschi |
| Known As | Bettijo B. Hirschi |
| Date of Birth | Late 1970s (exact date not published) |
| Place of Birth | United States |
| Current Residence | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Nationality | American |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Profession/Occupation | Creative strategist, production designer, art director, blogger, entrepreneur, photographer, event planner |
| Years Active | Around 25 years |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree, Brigham Young University (Public Relations / Journalism) |
| Genre/Field | Production design, branding, lifestyle and parenting media |
| Spouse/Partner | Heath Hirschi (divorced 2021); Todd Bridges (married 2022, divorced 2026) |
| Relationship Status | Divorced |
| Children | 4 (Piper, Rockwell, Attalie Anne, Modette) |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Notable Works | Bath by Bettijo, The Mommy Times, Paging Supermom |
Who Is Bettijo B. Hirschi?
Bettijo B. Hirschi is a Phoenix-based creative professional who has worked as a serial entrepreneur, graphic and production designer, writer and event planner. Most people learned her name through her marriage to actor Todd Bridges, who played Willis on the 1970s and ’80s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes. She describes herself as a creative strategist, and she has run her own businesses for most of her working life.
Her official website describes about 25 years of experience in visual storytelling. That work includes design, writing, editing, photography and event production. This mix is typical of people who start in journalism and move into business, because both fields reward being able to tell a clear story with whatever tools are at hand.
She is not a celebrity in the usual sense. She has never acted, and she rarely gives interviews about her private life. Her public presence comes mostly from the brands she built and, more recently, from appearances with Bridges, such as a December 2024 interview on Tamron Hall.
Her personal life has been just as eventful as her career. She has four children from her first marriage to lawyer Heath Hirschi. She married Bridges in September 2022 and, as of 2026, is divorced from him. Each of those chapters is covered below.
Early Life and Education
There is little public information about Bettijo’s childhood. Her exact birthdate has never been confirmed, but most profiles place her birth in the late 1970s in the United States. Her family background and parents’ names have not been widely published.
One early detail stands out. At age 10, she worked as a Cub Reporter, appearing on camera for the Fox Kids Club and writing for Bear Essential News for Kids. That is an unusually early start in media, and it fits with the career she later chose.
She went on to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Her LinkedIn profile lists a bachelor’s degree with a focus on Public Relations, Journalism, and Communication and Media Studies. The journalism training shows up in nearly everything she has done since, from magazine-style blog writing to brand storytelling.
BYU also links her to her first husband. Heath Hirschi studied at the same university, and many BYU graduates of that period married young and started families soon after graduating. That timeline matches what we know of her twenties.
Career: From Government Work to Creative Entrepreneur
Department of Defense Years
Bettijo started her career in an unexpected place. In 2003, she worked as a project analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. Some sources say this role continued in some form until 2007, alongside her early business work.
The position seems far from design and lifestyle media, but analyst work builds the organizational skills that event planning and production design require. Many creative entrepreneurs have a similar early job that taught them structure before they moved into creative work.
Bath by Bettijo
Her best-known business started in November 2003. Bath by Bettijo began as a response to the rising cost of spa products. She started making her own handmade natural bath and body care items, and the hobby grew into an organic spa brand that she ran for nearly 15 years.
The beginning was modest. Bettijo and her then-husband Heath filled online orders from their condo, storing inventory wherever they could. Within its first year, a major beauty magazine noticed the brand, and the press attention continued from there.
Bath by Bettijo appeared in a long list of national publications:
- Martha Stewart Living and The Martha Stewart Show
- Real Simple, O, The Oprah Magazine and Parents
- Redbook, Allure, Family Circle, Health and Star
- Lucky magazine, which featured the brand in November 2005
For a small handmade brand, that amount of coverage is rare. In my experience researching small-business founders, early magazine coverage like this usually comes from a strong product combined with a founder who knows how to pitch a story. Her journalism background very likely helped.
The Mommy Times and Paging Supermom
In 2007, Bettijo moved into web publishing with The Mommy Times, a blog about parenting ideas and family life. She often featured her own children, including her daughter Attalie, in the projects she shared.
In August 2010, she co-founded Paging Supermom, a parenting, design and lifestyle blog where she served as editor-in-chief. The site showed her design style through crafts, party ideas and home projects. Like many parenting sites of that era, it drew some criticism, with a few readers calling certain posts poorly researched. That was a common complaint about the fast-moving parenting content market of the early 2010s.
Production Design, Branding and Event Planning
Her later work moved toward production design. She worked as a graphic designer with Another Leaf Design and was involved with Loop 101 Media. She also served as executive director of IPS Global, a production design and event planning business in Phoenix.
Her current services include:
- Set decoration, prop styling and art direction
- Production design and event production
- Writing, editing and journalism
- Web design, branding and marketing
- Photography
She also runs a creative company that works with artists and creators on digital and media content, including podcasts, music, digital art and websites. Over two decades, her work has moved from physical products to blogs to full creative direction.
Bettijo’s First Husband: Heath Hirschi
Who Is Heath Hirschi?
Heath Hirschi is an Arizona-based attorney who founded Hirschi Law PLLC in 2005. His solo practice serves individuals, families and small businesses. It covers estate planning, probate, business formation and income tax preparation.
He grew up on a farm in Star Valley, Wyoming. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Brigham Young University and a Juris Doctor from George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School. Before starting his own firm, he worked as a trademark legal assistant at the law firm Arent Fox in Washington, D.C. This explains why the couple was living in the D.C. area when Bettijo worked for the Department of Defense.
Outside of law, Heath enjoys mountain climbing, backpacking, kayaking and other outdoor sports. He is not a public figure. The exact date of the marriage and the length of the relationship before it have never been made public.
Their Divorce and Co-Parenting
Bettijo and Heath’s divorce was finalized in 2021. Under the terms reported from the settlement, Heath was ordered to pay $2,700 per month in spousal support, scheduled to run until 2031.
Heath has since remarried. His wife, Brooke Hirschi, brought five stepchildren into the family. Heath and Bettijo continue to co-parent their four children.
Heath was also her early business partner. He helped run Bath by Bettijo from their condo in its first years, a detail that shows how closely their family life and business were tied together.
Bettijo Hirschi’s Children
Bettijo has four children, all from her marriage to Heath Hirschi: three daughters and one son.
| Child | Notes |
|---|---|
| Piper | Daughter |
| Rockwell | Son |
| Attalie Anne | Daughter; often featured in her early blog projects |
| Modette | Daughter |
There is no public information about the custody arrangement. Bettijo has generally kept her children’s lives private, which is a reasonable choice for a parent whose former blog once featured them often.
She and Todd Bridges did not have children together. When they married, each brought children from a previous marriage, which made theirs a blended family, though most of the kids were already older.
How Bettijo Met Todd Bridges
Their love story started almost by accident. Bettijo had nearly given up on dating after several bad experiences on dating apps. She was divorced, searching for love and reluctant to keep trying.
As the couple told it on The Tamron Hall Show in December 2024, a mutual friend named Mandy got involved. Bridges was doing what amounted to market research, helping set up a dating profile and looking at what made one appealing. When he saw Bettijo’s profile, he decided he would rather date her himself instead of setting her up with someone else.
He reached out with a first message, and they bonded quickly over their shared faith and long conversations. They began dating in January 2022. Bridges gave her advice on her photos and profile at first, but they soon realized that they were connecting with each other.
Accounts differ slightly on the timeline. Some say they dated for six months before the proposal, while others count about nine months from first contact to the wedding. Either way, the relationship moved quickly.
Engagement and Wedding to Todd Bridges
The Proposal
Bridges proposed after about six months of dating, during a beachside evening. Bettijo later described herself as “madly in love,” and the speed of the engagement reflected how sure they both felt.
The Ceremony
The couple married on September 21, 2022, in a private ceremony at Greystone Mansion & Gardens in Beverly Hills, California. The wedding was first reported on September 25, 2022, which is why some sources give that date instead.
| Wedding Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Date | September 21, 2022 |
| Venue | Greystone Mansion & Gardens, Beverly Hills |
| Ceremony Guests | About 40, including Bridges’ mother and siblings |
| Reception | Il Cielo, an Italian restaurant, about 70 guests |
| First Dance | “At Last” by Etta James |
| Honeymoon | Hawaii |
Bridges’ two adult children, Spencir and Bo, attended the celebration.
The Gown She Designed Herself
Fitting her design career, Bettijo designed her own wedding gown. She drew inspiration from Audrey Hepburn and the classic beauty of older eras. The satin dress had a fitted bodice, a square neckline and a split skirt. She paired it with an 80-inch satin train and a 200-inch veil, a dramatic choice for a mature, elegant bride.
The Blended Family: Todd Bridges’ Children
Todd Bridges has two children from his first marriage to Dori Smith, also known as Dori Bridges. They married in 1998 and divorced in 2012 after 14 years together.
| Child | Born | Approx. Age (2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Spencir Bridges | 1996 | 29–30 |
| Bo J. Bridges | 1998 | 28 |
Both children were already adults when their father married Bettijo, so the blended family was more about goodwill and respect between adults than about daily step-parenting. That usually makes blending easier, since there are no school runs or shared custody schedules to coordinate.
For Bridges, it was his second marriage. For Bettijo, it was also her second marriage, and each brought established families into the relationship.
Interfaith Couple: Faith and Shared Beliefs
Faith was central to the relationship from the start. Bettijo and Todd come from different Christian backgrounds, and they spoke openly about being an interfaith couple during their 2024 appearance on The Tamron Hall Show.
Hirschi explained that her church’s guidance and rules had shaped her since childhood, while Bridges came to his faith as an adult. They found that their different paths led to a shared understanding of God, and that common ground was what first bonded them.
That openness was helpful for viewers. Many couples from different denominations struggle with questions about church attendance, traditions and parenting. The pair presented their differences as something that strengthened their marriage.
Their faith also shaped how the marriage ended. Their separation statement said they made the decision “after much prayer and reflection,” and that they believed God brought them together.
The DANG! Podcast
In June 2024, Bettijo took on another creative role as executive producer of DANG!, a family-focused podcast hosted with Bridges. The show combined her production experience with his openness about his own life.
The podcast covered serious topics, including addiction, recovery, marriage, parenting and anxiety. Bridges has spoken publicly for years about overcoming addiction, and the show gave him space to discuss it in a family setting.
The project lasted into early 2026. It ended around the time the couple separated in January 2026, which suggests how closely the show was tied to their life together.
Separation Announcement (January 2026)
On January 14, 2026, Bettijo Hirschi and Todd Bridges announced they had made the “difficult decision to separate” after more than three years of marriage. They shared the news in a joint statement.
The statement was gentle and faith-centered. They thanked God for their time together, for the lessons they learned and for the family they built. They described the change as a transition toward healing, new beginnings, fulfillment and joy, and they asked for privacy.
The tone stood out. There were no claims of infidelity, no scandal and no dramatic fallout. Many people who had seen the couple’s warm public appearances found the news surprising, but the statement presented the split as mutual and amicable.
Some readers have compared this split with Bridges’ end of his 14-year first marriage. The second marriage was much shorter, but both ended without public conflict.
Divorce Filing (March 2026)
The Court Petition
The separation became official on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, when a divorce was filed in Maricopa County, Arizona. The filing was a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage Without Minor Children, since neither spouse had young children from the marriage.
According to court records, the petition said the marriage was “irretrievably broken” and that the couple could not resolve their problems. That is the standard legal ground for divorce in Arizona, which is a no-fault state.
Key Terms in the Filing
Reports on the filing described a fairly simple, uncontested case:
- The couple said they had no shared debts or community property to divide
- They had already been living apart
- Hirschi owned real estate from before the marriage, which stayed separate
- They had a written agreement covering property, support and financial responsibilities
- Both were representing themselves instead of hiring attorneys
When couples handle a divorce themselves and have no property to fight over, the process is usually quick. Reports indicate the divorce was finalized a few months after the filing, so Bettijo and Todd Bridges are no longer married.
Finances and Court Disputes
Spousal Maintenance With Heath Hirschi
Bettijo’s finances came under public scrutiny through court records from her first divorce. In 2024, Heath Hirschi went to court to modify the spousal maintenance he had been paying since 2021.
In those proceedings, Bettijo reportedly said she had no steady income, described herself as semi-retired and said she earned only from occasional contract work. Her listed monthly household expenses, including a mortgage, were reported at more than $16,550. Her home was reportedly valued at about $880,000.
In October 2025, a judge reduced the monthly support to $700, according to reports. That was a large drop from the original $2,700 per month.
The Business Link With Todd Bridges
The records also touched on her work with Bridges. Hirschi reportedly developed and managed his official website, realtoddbridges.com, through her company. Reports say she agreed to waive a fee of $20,720 and that the arrangement included a shared option where yearly net earnings above the first $4,000 would be split evenly.
Net Worth
Bettijo Hirschi’s net worth has not been verified by any reliable source, and estimates online vary widely. What the public record shows is a mix of home equity, years of business income from Bath by Bettijo and her blogs, and ongoing creative consulting work.
Life After Divorce: Where Is Bettijo Hirschi Now?
As of late 2026, Bettijo is focused on her family and her creative work in Phoenix. She keeps a low-key online presence and continues working as a creative strategist, graphic designer, event planner and photographer.
Her identity was never built around Todd Bridges, even though the public attention was. Her creative achievements came long before the marriage, and that history makes the recent separation more of a personal chapter than a career turning point.
She has not shared any new relationship publicly. Given how carefully she has protected her children’s privacy, it seems likely she will keep future personal news just as private.
The Age Gap Between Todd Bridges and Bettijo
Todd Bridges was born in May 1965, so he was about 60 when the separation was announced. Bettijo’s exact birthdate has never been published, which makes it impossible to confirm their age difference.
Profiles that place her birth in the late 1970s suggest a gap of roughly 12 to 15 years. Other sources describe the two as close in age, only a few months apart. Until she shares her birthdate, any specific number is a guess.
Public Image and Influence
Bettijo’s influence has always come from her work. Through Bath by Bettijo and Paging Supermom, she showed how one person could turn a kitchen-table hobby into a brand featured in national magazines.
Other creators often see her as an inspirational figure, a mother of four who kept building businesses while raising a family. Her blogs encouraged readers to pursue their passions with whatever resources they had.
She has also shown that a person can be in the public eye without being consumed by it. Even during a widely covered marriage and divorce, she kept the focus on her work and family.
FAQs About Bettijo Hirschi
Who is Bettijo B. Hirschi?
Bettijo B. Hirschi is an American serial entrepreneur, photographer, lifestyle blogger and art director based in Phoenix, Arizona. She founded the spa brand Bath by Bettijo and co-founded the parenting blog Paging Supermom. She is also known as the ex-wife of Diff’rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges.
Is Todd Bridges still married to Bettijo Hirschi?
No, Todd Bridges and Bettijo Hirschi are no longer married. They announced their separation in January 2026, filed for divorce in Maricopa County on March 31, 2026, and the uncontested divorce was finalized a few months later.
Who was Bettijo Hirschi’s first husband?
Her first husband was Heath Hirschi, an Arizona-based attorney who founded Hirschi Law PLLC. They were married for many years, had four children and divorced in 2021.
Does Bettijo Hirschi have children with Todd Bridges?
No, Bettijo and Todd Bridges had no children together. Bettijo has four children from her previous marriage, and Bridges has two adult children from his first marriage.
What are the names of Bettijo Hirschi’s children?
Her four biological children are Piper, Rockwell, Attalie Anne and Modette: three daughters and one son. All were born during her marriage to Heath Hirschi.
When did Bettijo Hirschi marry Todd Bridges?
They married on September 21, 2022, at Greystone Mansion & Gardens in Beverly Hills. Some outlets list September 25, 2022, which is when the wedding was first reported.
How did Todd Bridges and Bettijo Hirschi meet?
They met through a dating app in January 2022. A mutual friend named Mandy was involved in setting up a profile, and Bridges decided he would rather date Bettijo himself than set her up with someone else.
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