Dr. Jamuna Antoinette La Nasa, opens in a new tab and Dr. Anthony Philip La Nasa met at the start of medical school. "I saw her during our white coat ceremony and knew that I needed to get to know her," Anthony admits.
After three years together, he proposed to Jamuna. "I had been sitting on the engagement ring for some time, and it was becoming almost unbearable to me to not be engaged to Jem, as I knew she was the one for me, and I was ready to be married to her," Anthony explains. "One day I just proposed. There was not much ceremony to it. It was just a private, heartfelt moment between us."
Once engaged, the couple started planning their wedding at the Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, opens in a new tab. Jamuna's parents have had a condo at the hotel since 2011, and it became an integral part of their family's quality time together. "It was also a very important place to Jem's grandmother and her late grandfather, who grew up in Kerala, India and came to the U.S. in the '60s, as they spent a large portion of her grandfather's final years there," Anthony explains. "The weather and landscape reminded them of back home in India."
The general aesthetic for the weekend played off the natural landscapes of the destination. "We drew from my Indian culture and local Mexican culture for pops of vibrant colors and florals, especially at the welcome party and sangeet night," the bride shares. Victoria Ann Events, opens in a new tab helped them bring their vision to life, while photography duo CALENROSE, opens in a new tab and videographer Cinema of Poetry, opens in a new tab captured every colorful moment.
To build her wedding wardrobe, Jamuna went to NYC with her mother and sister. "We had such a hard time choosing, which is probably why I ended up in three different dresses on the wedding day." Jamuna ultimately selected Danielle Frankel's Priscilla dress to walk down the aisle in. She also found her sunset sangeet lehenga at Sabyasachi, guided heavily by her grandmother, whom they call "Ammachey." "She is a huge Bollywood fan, and she saw the outfit that Alia Bhatt wore to the Met Gala one year and loved it so much."
She began the weekend in a bow-adorned Oscar de la Renta hi-low dress. "I think it was the most playful look," Jamuna reflects. "I wanted a sort of classic bridal type look, but that still felt like me."
Bridesmaids' ceremony-day dresses were curated by bridal stylist Gabrielle Hurwitz. "She gave the girls a portfolio of dresses to choose from that we chose to complement the design and venue for the wedding day," Jamuna explains.
For the wedding day, Anthony wore a custom look by J.H. & Sons. "He briefly changed into a green velvet Boglioli jacket for an 'outfit change' moment before we cut the cake, but with the heat of all the dancing and partying, the jacket did not stay on long," the bride shares.
On December 6, 2025, the wedding took place on Manzanita beach, surrounded by florals from Michelle Pourroy Estudio Floral Creativo, opens in a new tab. "I had a much tougher time holding it together than I anticipated during the ceremony," the groom shares. "I made eye contact with Jem's mom as she came down and saw that she was crying—I'd never seen her cry before—and that's when I totally lost it. Then when Jem appeared, I had no defenses. It took quite a while for me to compose myself as Jem approached so that we would be ready for the actual ceremony."
Jamuna's great aunt and uncle officiated the service, a fusion of American and traditional Indian elements. "We also had our officiants read the passage in Malayalam, the language spoken in Kerala, South India, where the bride's maternal family originates," Anthony explains. "We incorporated the key elements of South Indian Syrian Christian weddings, including the manthrakodi sari and tying of the minnu."
Sunset cocktails and a seated reception dinner followed the ceremony. Then a mariachi band led everyone to the reception hall—a jungle of live vegetation and fruit hanging from the ceiling—where the Impulse Band of West Coast Music, opens in a new tab played for three hours.
The bride's favorite part of the party was when the band surprised her with a medley of songs from Wicked. "I think I started crying right then," Jamuna remembers. She and her sister Maya are such big fans of the musical that Maya even mentioned it in her speech. "My sister and I sang our hearts out, and it was so fun—I couldn't believe we were there singing 'Defying Gravity' with a live band in Mexico at my wedding!"
Once the formal reception came to a close, the remaining guests started their own after-party in someone's rented beach house. "Eventually Anthony and I ended up back at our honeymoon suite around three in the morning," the bride says. "We found it was decorated with rose petals and candles—it was so romantic. We jumped in the plunge pool and looked at the stars and just soaked in all the feelings and memories." Two doctors, two cultures, and one seaside celebration where the vows were sacred and the dance floor defied gravity—proof that the best partnerships start with a single, certain glance across a room.
