Danna de la Fuente is a GIA-trained diamond specialist and the founder of DelaFuente Fine Jewelry — a made-to-order fine jewelry studio working exclusively in solid gold, platinum, and independently certified stones.
The training behind every stone
Danna earned the GIA Graduate Diamonds diploma — the Gemological Institute of America's formal credential in diamond grading — including laboratory work at GIA in Bangkok, grading real stones under the same conditions the world's grading labs use. She also holds GIA coursework in colored stones and diamond essentials.
That training is not a diploma on a wall; it's the reason DelaFuente works the way it does. Every stone is selected against GIA grading standards rather than a supplier's word. Every treatment is disclosed, because that's what the standard demands. And every design decision starts from how a stone actually behaves — how it takes light, how it wears, where it's vulnerable — because that's what GIA training teaches you to see.
How DelaFuente began
Not with a business plan — with pieces that meant something. A second engagement ring at 70. A ring designed to hold an entire family. A friendship ring made at the exact moment two lives moved in different directions. Matching pendants for twin sisters. Each one was made carefully, for one person, and each one brought someone else asking for the same care. DelaFuente grew out of that: jewelry made to order, one piece at a time, by hands close to the materials.
What we believe
- Honesty over hype. We'll tell you when a cheaper grade looks identical on the hand, when a treatment is standard, and when a stone isn't suited to daily wear. The straight answer is the brand.
- Lab-grown forward. We lead with lab-grown diamonds for their transparency and conflict-free origin — real diamonds, independently certified, honestly priced.
- Inclusions are information. In natural stones, variations and inclusions aren't flaws to hide; they're characteristics that demand better decisions in design and setting.
- Mineral materials only. We don't sell pearls — their production requires intervening in the lives of living creatures, and that conflicts with our values. Everything we set is mineral: diamonds, colored gemstones, solid gold and platinum.
- Built to be worn for life. Solid gold and platinum, never plated. A lifetime craftsmanship guarantee. Complimentary resizing. Worldwide, insured shipping.
Talk to a GIA-trained jeweler, not an algorithm
Every DelaFuente piece begins as a conversation with Danna — about the person, the budget, and what the piece needs to say. Write to dannadelaf@gmail.com, message @delafuente.jewelry on Instagram, or book an appointment through the site.