Editing Adam Rodriguez (section)

==Early life==
Rodriguez was born in Yonkers, New York,<ref name="DailyNews">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/csi-adam-rodriguez-miami-article-1.387060|title=CSI's Adam Rodríguez looks beyond 'Miami'| last= Rodriguez| first= Francis|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=September 16, 2009| access-date= January 27, 2012}}</ref> the son of Janet, an airline ticket agent, and Ramon Rodriguez, an executive with the [[United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name="Taylor" /><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/4/Adam-Rodriguez.html | title= Adam Rodriguez profile | website= filmreference.com | access-date= March 17, 2016}}</ref>

His father is of half Puerto Rican and half Cuban descent, and his mother is of Puerto Rican ancestry.<ref name= "Terrero">{{cite web | last = Terrero | first= Nina | date = June 27, 2012 |  url= http://nbclatino.com/2012/06/27/adam-rodriguez-strips-down-and-tells-all/ | title = Adam Rodriguez Strips Down and Tells All | website = NBCLatino.com| publisher =  NBC News| access-date = August 7, 2016}}</ref>

He attended [[Clarkstown High School North]] in New City, New York, graduating in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title= Westchester Native Joins CBS' 'Criminal Minds' Cast As Show's Star Is Fired |url= http://rivertowns.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/westchester-native-joins-cbs-criminal-minds-cast-as-shows-star-is-fired/677215/ |website= [[Rivertowns Daily Voice]] |date= 14 August 2016 |via= rivertowns.dailyvoice.com  | access-date= 9 July 2018}}</ref> Rodriguez initially hoped to be a professional baseball player, but after a high school injury, he turned his attention to acting and performed in a children's theater in New York.

Before full-time acting, he was a [[stockbroker]].<ref name="Terrero"/>