Who I am

Who am I? You can call me DeLaFonte, Katrina DeLaFonte. LOL 

I am the creator and owner of the LoveMomStyle Network. What better way to understand a business than to understand the creator behind it. I'm from a small town based in Northern Arizona, but I've always been a city girl at heart.  I'm an 80's baby! I grew up as a tomboy in a dress. I always had a love for fashion and performing, glitz and glamour while playing football in my sparkly dress shoes! I will be the first to tell you that growing up in a small town was not easy. I feel like due to my lack of "all things girly" and not being a "follower" these created issues for me. While some girls we busy being boy crazy, I was busy playing with the boys. When your group of "friends" didn't like someone, you were expected to feel the same. I didn't live by those rules. I experienced being bullied and at times it was more than I could handle. On the other hand, I was also a tough little tot who had a little habit of fighting the boys. Sometimes we make the mistake of being nice to the wrong people. I was worried about trying to be a "good friend" and taking what I didn't deserve instead of standing up to the kids I should have stood up to. Life can be so confusing at that phase of your life. Many people really have no clue how far bullying can push a person. The experience changed my life forever.

Growing up, my Hero was my Mom. She's always been the light in the darkness, my life-line and still to this day, my very best friend. I was raised in a stable home where my parents taught us, my brother and I, morals and values which I truly believe influenced the direction I've taken in my life today. I will admit life wasn't all peaches and pie. There were times I struggled to find myself. I'm multiracial. Though I had several different groups of friends, I never felt like I completely fit in. Either I wasn't Latina enough or I wasn't White enough. Beyond friends and family, my passions consisted of athletics. I played it all, basketball, soccer, tennis, cheer-leading  even bowling! LOL I loved cheer most of all! I was raised in church from only 2 weeks old and I've grown with God in my life every since. Though I have faced struggles within the politics of the church, my faith is stronger now than it's ever been.

Let's fast-forward a decade or so... I started modeling as a teenager. I loved it so much I kept at it for another 10, almost 15 years! My family will be the first to admit I have been a HAM since birth! Love the camera! Love to perform! Dancing has ALWAYS been great love of mine also! I choreographed for fun and for cheer as a child and grew into making a living at it. In addition to modeling and choreography, I took up hosting. I had the honor of being a host for the 2009 4th Annual BrittiCares 5k Walk Run supporting a beautiful young girl who lost her fight against cancer, a truly humbling experience. After many main events and unique encounters, I took a break from hosting when I was offered an opportunity to try my hand at acting professionally. As much as I loved to perform growing up, for some reason or another acting just didn't appeal to me. Well, that's what I thought at least. :) As I started getting hired for various commercials I found my nich and more so than ever, I found my passion! Commercials turned into television, television into movies and believe it or not, movies into screenwriting. I guess my love for english in school paid off. I wrote my first script along side my husband start to finish in 2010. Since then we've wrote many films and tv shows. It's truly been an amazing journey.

Throughout all of these adventures, I began a career as a dental professional at the age of seventeen. My nine year career certainly had it's pros and cons, but most of all I loved my patients. Helping, supporting and caring for others had always been something I loved. Being able to help someone selflessly is truly one of the best feelings you will ever have the pleasure of encountering. For this reason, a big reason, is one of the reasons I started Love MomStyle. I'll give you the skinny on more of that in my next entry ;).

Now to the biggest, most brightest aspect of my life, My Babies. I gave birth to a handsome baby boy in May of 2006 after being married in 2004, my biggest mistake blessed me with my most prized possession, my baby boy. My downfall? I married a boy who never grew into a man when I was only 19 years old. Manipulated into getting married so young. Just two weeks after we were married, we went to a court hearing he had previously scheduled and BAM, he was sentenced to two years in prison. I had no knowledge of the severity of his charges. He always had a way of sugar coating things. Master manipulator and mama's boy to the T! What followed? A beautiful baby boy, infidelity, drugs, domestic violence, child abuse and much much more. Who knew I would have been married to a five time convicted felon?! After only a two year marriage, I escaped safely with my son. A couple years later, I met my best friend, now love of my life. We welcomed our gorgeous little baby girl in September of 2011.

Nothing can prepare you for the joy, the heartache, the work and the payoff motherhood brings into the ratio. It's such an amazingly rewarding and challenging roller coaster and I can't help, but love every minute of it. Even through the struggles, I wouldn't change anything for the world. One opinion that drives me nuts is people using their children to hinder them from achieving their dreams and goals. I will tell you that if anything, I worked harder, I became stronger and I achieved more with my babies and for my babies than without. Some may call me stubborn, and yes, I'll admit to it, just a little, but I am more ambitious and focused more than anything. The mentality, "You can't attend college with a family." I proved them wrong. "You can't live the fame life and be a good parent." I proved them wrong. "You can't be everything your heart desires, there's just no way to juggle everything." Yes, I proved that assumption wrong also.

God has blessed me with an amazing man who is an amazing father and who cares so deeply for people, most of all, me. Ladies, you deserve to be spoiled and treated like a queen. Never let anyone tell you different. I juggle my family and my career. I won't pretend it's not a lot of work. Some nights I just want to pull my hair out, but even then I wouldn't change a single thing in my life. I'm happy. I'm humbled and I'm so sincerely grateful for the life that has unfolded before me. Had I not suffered through my struggles and diversities, I wouldn't be the women I am today. True success is only seen through the eyes of the beholder and you are only as successful as you allow yourself to be. I hope this gives you a little insight into who LoveMomStyle is and I hope you stay with us as we carry on this journey called life <3