J. Lo essays

J. Lo essays Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York on July 24, 1970. Jennifer considers herself to be a Puerto Rican and she is very proud of her Hispanic heritage and culture. Her father is David Lopez, a computer specialist, and her mother Guadalupe Lopez, a Kindergarten teacher. Her parents recognized Jennifers talent and enthusiasm for performing and at the age of five the enrolled her in dance classes. Her mother said she always loved to sing, but she was also a great actress and knew that she would have a bright future ahead of her. With the support of her parents Jennifer grew up to be very successful. She is still very close to her family. When Jennifer told her parents that she was not going to College or law school, they thought it was a really bad move to try to be a movie star. Her parents who at that time could not understand the choices she made are very happy for their daughter and what she has accomplish. When she left her home at the middle of a fight and never went back. She said that she had to make it on her own and then lived in a Manhattan dance studio where she was training. Since the time she move out of her home she started her career as a dancer in stage musicals and most notably in her tour to Golden musicals of Broadway and in a Japanese tour. Then she auditioned to be a fly girl in Foxs hit comedy In Living Color, she beat out 2,000 other contenders in a nation wide competition. ...