Laporte, Michelle

Michelle LaPorte lives in Southern California, close to the place where Tommy Tumbleweed lived and works. She is the eldest of eight children; married to her best friend, Rudy Gomez, who helped her raise her daughter and son, Nicole and Joey. She is the proud grandmother (Nona) to Tiare, Jalaeya and Jaeda. Michelle created Tommy while pulling weeds in her backyard; hoping that while she and Nicole pulled the weeds to push the process of Nicole's labor, which was already two weeks late.