Born in Songo – La Maya, Santiago de Cuba,[2][3] Ribeaux started out in the javelin throw as a teenager, clearing fifty metres for the first time in 2005 and setting a best of 55.34 m a year later.

[5] She threw the javelin 63.18 m later that season and was the gold medallist at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics ahead of perennial champion Laverne Eve.

[4] In 2010, she only cleared sixty metres once with her season's best of 60.88 m. She was runner-up at the Barrientos Memorial and Olimpiada del Deporte Cubano that year in Cuba, and was the representative for the Americas at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, where she came seventh.

[4] She won the Barrientos meet the following season and defeated Leryn Franco to win the javelin title at the 2011 ALBA Games.

There she took the silver medal, ahead of national rival Yanet Cruz but behind American Alicia DeShasier.