According to the bio on her website, Melissia grew up as a social butterfly with dreams of acting, but her life took a left turn when she became pregnant at 16. She gave birth to a son named Devion and, with the help of her parents, provided for him by working and continuing her education.

Soon, her “naturally sweet, inviting personality” attracted Floyd, who was then still an ambitious boxing upstart. With Floyd, whom she considers the love of her life, Melissia welcomed a baby girl. “Though the love affair ended, their friendship grew deeply all while being doting parents to daughter, Iyanna Mayweather,” the bio reads.

As Melissia told OZY in 2017, though, she didn’t talk to Floyd for the first five years of Yaya’s life because of drama with the mother of his other children. “He was always there for his daughter though,” she told the site. “I was also in a relationship with someone else. Shortly after that relationship ended, Floyd called. We talked about everything that happened in our five years of not speaking. He apologized for some things he had done and, ever since then, we’ve been co-parenting and have become very close friends.”

After her acting career didn’t provide a steady income, Melissia “soon found her hidden talents in the business of celebrating women: the beauty industry,” her bio adds. “While her mission was to help others find their inner glamour and style, Melissia began to tend to the hair care needs of clients along with the element of fashion styling.”

That second act led to Devanna Love, a boutique beauty bar named after her children and offering women’s fashion, designer apparel, and specialty items. “The establishment supports women with helping them find their inner strength within,” her bio explains.