Editing Asia Carrera (section)

==Early life==
Asia Carrera was born Jessica Steinhauser<ref name=TVGuide>{{cite web|last=McDonagh|first=Maitland|title=Question: Is Barbara Carrera, ...|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/movie-news/Question-Barbara-Carrera-62231.aspx|publisher=TVGuide.com|access-date=January 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101231042/http://movies.tvguide.com/movie-news/Question-Barbara-Carrera-62231.aspx|archive-date=November 1, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name=ThinkProgress>{{cite web |url=http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/11/19/3594243/why-an-ex-porn-star-wore-a-pasta-strainer-in-her-drivers-license-photo/ |title='Pastafarian' Ex-Porn Star Gains The Right To Wear A Pasta Strainer In Her Driver's License Photo |last=Jenkins |first=Jack |date=November 19, 2014 |website=[[ThinkProgress]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613101341/https://thinkprogress.org/pastafarian-ex-porn-star-gains-the-right-to-wear-a-pasta-strainer-in-her-driver-s-license-photo-1f022450fbd0/ |archivedate=June 13, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in [[New York City]] to a German mother and Japanese father,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiacarrera.com/bio2.html|title=Asia Carrera: Why I do porn|quote= My father was born in Japan, and my mother was born in Germany.}}</ref> the oldest of four siblings.<ref name="HoTruth">{{cite web|url=http://www.mrwebreview.com/asiacarrerainterview.htm|title=House of Truth: Asia Carrera interview|access-date=June 12, 2007|publisher=House of Truth|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608045231/http://www.mrwebreview.com/asiacarrerainterview.htm|archive-date=June 8, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> She was raised in [[Little Silver, New Jersey]], and attended [[Red Bank Regional High School]].<ref>Carrera-Lemmon, Asia (December 7, 2016). [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10211167115836474&set=a.1097645724087.2016727.1314957667&type=3 (Untitled)]. Facebook. Retrieved December 7, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://1057thehawk.com/the-top-10-porn-stars-from-new-jersey/ "The Top 10 Porn Stars From New Jersey"], [[WCHR-FM]], November 1, 2016. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Asia Carrera - Born in NYC, but grew up in Little Silver, going to Red Bank Regional High School."</ref> At the age of 16, she taught English at [[Tsuruga College]] in [[Tsuruga, Fukui]], Japan.<ref name=Playboy>"The Women of Porn", ''[[Playboy]]'', March 2002, page 128</ref> 

At 17 years old, Carrera ran away from home due to overwhelming parental pressures and attempted suicide several times.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Sager |first=Mike |title=The Porn Identity |journal=Playboy |date=September 2011 |pages=118}}</ref> She received a full scholarship to Rutgers University, but dropped out after realizing she could make large sums of money dancing and modeling.<ref name=":0" /> Soon after leaving Rutgers, she moved to Los Angeles.

Carrera is a [[List of Mensans|member]] of [[Mensa International|Mensa]],<ref name=Playboy/><ref name="Bulletin">{{cite journal|title=They're Accomplished, They're Famous, and They're Mensans|journal=Mensa Bulletin|publisher=American Mensa|issn=0025-9543|date=July 2004|issue=476|page=23}}</ref> with an [[IQ]] of 156.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Căutătorii de genii au recrutat 173 de români|url=http://www.adevarul.ro/societate/Cautatorii_de_genii_au_recrutat_173_de_romani_0_489551353.html|publisher=adevarul.ro|access-date=January 9, 2013|author=Cosmin Turcu|author2=Dana Chiru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110145543/http://www.adevarul.ro/life/Cautatorii_de_genii_au_recrutat_173_de_romani_0_489551353.html|archive-date=November 10, 2012|date=May 30, 2011|language=ro}}</ref>