Hey Folk... Jennifer Lopez was born and grew up in the South Bronx, New York to Puerto Rican, Lopez's parents Guadalupe RodrÃguez, a kindergarten teacher, and David Lopez, a computer specialist. Lopez has two siblings, Lynda and Leslie. She spent her entire academic career in Catholic schools, finishing at the all-girls Preston High School, in the Bronx. Jennifer Loipez financed singing and dancing lessons for herself from the age of nineteen. After attending Baruch College for one semester, She divided her time between working in a legal office, dance classes, and dance performances in Manhattan night clubs. After months of auditioning for dance roles, She was selected as a dancer for various rap music videos, a 1990 episode of Yo! MTV Raps, and as a backup dancer for the New Kids on the Block and their performance of their song "Games" for the American Music Awards in 1991.
After being rejected twice, Jennifer Lopez gained her first regular high-profile job as a "Fly Girl" dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color in 1990. Soon after, She became a backup dancer for Janet Jackson and made an appearance in her 1993 video "That's the Way Love Goes".
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