Editing Jennifer Lopez (section)

==Early life==
Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969, in [[the Bronx]], a [[boroughs of New York City|borough of New York City]], and raised in its [[Castle Hill, Bronx|Castle Hill]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courttv.com/trials/puffy/docs/duty-caps_3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209202541/http://www.courttv.com/trials/puffy/docs/duty-caps_3.html|archive-date=February 9, 2008|title=Duty Captain's Report|access-date=October 29, 2006|publisher=[[Court TV]] |date=January 17, 2001}}</ref><ref name="Gallick2003">{{harvnb|Gallick|2003}}</ref><ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/jennifer-lopez-9542231|title=Jennifer Lopez: Actress, Reality Television Star, Dancer, Singer (1969–)|website=[[Biography.com]]|publisher=[[A&E Networks]]|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=March 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313084042/https://www.biography.com/people/jennifer-lopez-9542231|url-status=live}}</ref> Her parents, Guadalupe Rodríguez and David Lopez, were born in [[Puerto Rico]] and met in New York City.<ref name=Cartlidge-book>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/jenniferlopez0000cart|url-access=registration| title=Jennifer Lopez|first=Cherese |last=Cartlidge|page=[https://archive.org/details/jenniferlopez0000cart/page/13 13]| publisher=Lucent Books|year=2012|isbn=978-1420507553|quote=Jennifer Lynn Lopez's parents, David and Guadalupe, were both born in Ponce, the second-largest city in Puerto Rico.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/parents/jennifer-lopez-opens-about-her-dad-he-was-just-proud-t99971|title=Jennifer Lopez opens up about her dad: 'He was just proud of me'|work=[[Today (US TV show)|Today]]|date=June 22, 2016|access-date=February 11, 2019|first=Randee|last=Dawn|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012641/https://www.today.com/parents/jennifer-lopez-opens-about-her-dad-he-was-just-proud-t99971|url-status=live}}</ref> After serving in the Army, David worked as a computer technician at [[The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America|Guardian Insurance Company]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Giovanni René |title=JLo's Dad Lends A Hand In Silicon Valley |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/giovannirodriguez/2013/09/22/jlos-dad-lends-a-hand-in-silicon-valley/?sh=444ffbb75c34 |access-date=June 6, 2021 |magazine=Forbes |archive-date=June 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606205159/https://www.forbes.com/sites/giovannirodriguez/2013/09/22/jlos-dad-lends-a-hand-in-silicon-valley/?sh=444ffbb75c34 |url-status=live }}</ref> Guadalupe was a homemaker for the first ten years of Lopez's life and later worked as a [[Tupperware]] salesperson<ref name="HuffPost">{{cite news |title=J.Lo Opens Up About Her Parents' Divorce |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez_n_3569932 |access-date=June 6, 2021 |work=HuffPost |date=July 10, 2013 |archive-date=June 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606201446/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez_n_3569932 |url-status=live }}</ref> and a kindergarten and gym teacher.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Molloy|first=Joanna|title=It's nice Jennifer Lopez wants to give kids free health care, but why not help out your old block|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2010/09/24/its-nice-jennifer-lopez-wants-to-give-kids-free-health-care-but-why-not-help-out-your-old-block/|access-date=November 6, 2021|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=September 24, 2010 }}</ref> They divorced in the 1990s after 33 years of marriage.<ref name="HuffPost"/>

Lopez is a middle child; she has an older sister, Leslie, and a younger sister, [[Lynda Lopez|Lynda]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a28325461/jennifer-lopez-sisters/|title=Jennifer Lopez's Sisters Still Think of Their Middle Sister as a "Goofball"|work=OprahDaily|first=Celia|last=Fernandez|date=June 22, 2019|access-date=August 15, 2022|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814061616/https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a28325461/jennifer-lopez-sisters/|url-status=live}}</ref> The three shared a bedroom.<ref name=wmagazine>{{cite magazine |title=Jennifer Lopez: Dream Girl |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jennifer-lopez-august-2013-cover |access-date=June 7, 2021 |magazine=[[W (magazine)|W]] |archive-date=July 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711103336/http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2013/07/jennifer-lopez-august-2013-cover |url-status=live }}</ref> Lopez has described her upbringing as "strict".<ref name=robinson>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Lisa |title=Jenny Back on the Block |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/jennifer-lopez-201109 |access-date=June 6, 2021 |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-date=July 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714073057/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/jennifer-lopez-201109 |url-status=live }}</ref> She was raised in a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] family; she attended Mass every Sunday and received a Catholic education, attending Holy Family School and the all-girls [[Preston High School (New York City)|Preston High School]], a [[private school]].<ref name="actorsstudio">{{Cite episode|title=Jennifer Lopez|series=[[Inside the Actors Studio]]|date=October 10, 2004|url=https://www.ovationtv.com/watch/playlist/UUIZm45D/inside-the-actors-studio-jennifer-lopez/|network=Ovation TV|season=11|number=153|last=Lipton|first=James (host)|access-date=March 29, 2023|archive-date=March 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329180651/https://www.ovationtv.com/watch/playlist/UUIZm45D/inside-the-actors-studio-jennifer-lopez/|url-status=live}}</ref> In school, Lopez [[Track and field|ran track]] on a national level, participated in gymnastics and was on the softball team.<ref name=rantrack>{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=14}}</ref> She danced in school musicals and played a lead role in a production of ''[[Godspell]]''.<ref name="Parish 21">{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=21}}</ref> She described herself as a "tomboy" and "very athletic".<ref>{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=8}}</ref>

There was "lots of music" in the typically Puerto Rican household,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Meyers |first1=Kate |title=Jennifer Lopez on her burgeoning film career |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/12/01/jennifer-lopez-her-burgeoning-film-career/ |access-date=July 6, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 1, 1995 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190247/https://ew.com/article/1995/12/01/jennifer-lopez-her-burgeoning-film-career/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Lopez and her sisters were encouraged to sing, dance, and create their own plays for family events.<ref name=behind/><ref name="atriplethreat">{{cite web |url=http://www.evancarmichael.com/Famous-Entrepreneurs/619/The-Triple-Threat-Jennifer-Lopez-is-Born.html |title=The Triple Threat: Jennifer Lopez is Born |publisher=Evan Carmichael |access-date=March 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226091637/http://www.evancarmichael.com/Famous-Entrepreneurs/619/The-Triple-Threat-Jennifer-Lopez-is-Born.html |archive-date=February 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[West Side Story]]'' made a particular impression on the young Lopez, who wanted to be an entertainer from an early age.<ref name="actorsstudio" /> As a teenager, she learned flamenco, jazz, and ballet at the [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America|Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club]]<ref name=actorsstudio/> and taught dance to younger students, including [[Kerry Washington]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Kerry Washington Reflects on Her Bronx Childhood, Dishes on Husband's Hilarious Met Gala Antics |last1=McRady |first1=Rachel |url=https://www.etonline.com/news/216634_exclusive_kerry_washington_reflects_on_her_bronx_childhood_dishes_on_husband_s_hilarious_met_gala_antics |date=May 3, 2017 |access-date=June 11, 2021 |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611064959/https://www.etonline.com/news/216634_exclusive_kerry_washington_reflects_on_her_bronx_childhood_dishes_on_husband_s_hilarious_met_gala_antics |url-status=live }}</ref> After graduating from high school, she had a part-time secretarial job at a law firm and studied business at New York's [[Baruch College]] for one semester.<ref>{{harvnb|Parish|2009|pp=18–22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kochman |first1=Ben |title=Former employer raffles J.Lo concert tix to help pop star's old school |url=https://www.bxtimes.com/former-employer-raffles-j-lo-concert-tix-to-help-pop-stars-old-school/ |access-date=June 11, 2021 |newspaper=[[Bronx Times-Reporter]] |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611223139/https://www.bxtimes.com/former-employer-raffles-j-lo-concert-tix-to-help-pop-stars-old-school/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At age 18, she enrolled as a full-time student at Manhattan's Phil Black Dance Studio, where she had already taken night classes in jazz and tap dance.<ref name=robinson/><ref name=wmagazine/><ref name=actorsstudio/> Her parents were unhappy with her decision to leave college to pursue a dance career. According to Lopez, her parents felt it was "foolish" because "no Latinas did that".<ref name="Parish 21" /> Her mother asked her to move out of the family home and they stopped speaking for eight months.<ref name=behind/><ref>{{cite news |title=Jennifer Lopez credits Barry Manilow with saving relationship with mom |url=https://blog.seattlepi.com/people/2011/05/10/jennifer-lopez-credits-barry-manilow-with-saving-relationship-with-mom/ |access-date=June 12, 2021 |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=May 10, 2011 |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612065928/https://blog.seattlepi.com/people/2011/05/10/jennifer-lopez-credits-barry-manilow-with-saving-relationship-with-mom/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lopez moved to Manhattan, sleeping in the dance studio's office for the first few months.<ref name=robinson/><ref name=wmagazine/><ref name=actorsstudio/>