Photo SpecialJ.Lo at 40: How a Diva Was Made!
In 40 photos, see how the birthday girl (on July 24) went from Jenny from the Block to superstar
Credit: Classmates Yearbook Archives
Updated: Thursday Jul 23, 2009 | 06:00 AM EDT By: Cara Lynn Shultz
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BRONX GIRL
An athletic teenager, Lopez participates in track and field at Preston High School in her native Bronx, N.Y., before graduating in 1987. She takes the local 6 train into Manhattan for dance auditions and her subway rides later inspire the title of her 1999 debut CD, On the 6.
