Editing Michelle Branch (section)

==Early life and education==

Branch was born on July 2, 1983, in [[Sedona, Arizona]],<ref name=RRR /><ref name="bio" /><ref name="cst" /> to David and Peggy Branch.<ref name="sedona" /> Her father is of partial [[Irish people|Irish]] ancestry, and her mother is of [[Indo people|Dutch-Indonesian ("Indo")]] and [[French people|French]] descent.<ref name="sedona" /><ref name="asianconnect">{{cite web | url=http://www.asianconnections.com/a/?article_id=189 | title=A Conversation with Michelle Branch | date=November 25, 2003 | author=Mike Kai | website=Asianconnections.com | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206130020/http://www.asianconnections.com/a/?article_id=189 | archive-date=February 6, 2016 }}</ref> Her maternal grandmother was held in a Japanese internment camp during [[World War II]]. After the war she moved to [[Holland]], where Branch's mother was born. Her mother was five years old when the family moved from the [[Netherlands]] to [[Arizona]].<ref name="asianconnect" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=My mother didn't speak English when she moved to the United States from The Netherlands at 5 yrs old. This is so terrifying. #StephenMiller|url=https://twitter.com/michellebranch/status/892905214944178176|last=Branch|first=Michelle|date=August 2, 2017|website=@michellebranch|language=en|access-date=May 25, 2020}}</ref>

Beginning to sing at the age of three, Branch enrolled in voice lessons at [[Northern Arizona University]] when she was eight,<ref name="sedona" /><ref name="Happygrrls">{{citation|url=http://www.happygrrls.com/arts/branch.html |title=Music Review: The Spirit Room, Michelle Branch}}</ref><ref name="usatoday">{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2001-09-14-michelle-branch.htm | title=Breakout: Michelle Branch | date=September 14, 2001 | author=Melissa Worden |work=USA Today }}</ref> and received her first [[guitar]] for her 14th birthday.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="cst" /><ref name="usatoday" /> After teaching herself chords, she composed her first song "Fallen" within a week of receiving her guitar.<ref name="Inked Mag">{{Citation | last = Prato | first = Alison | title = Homeward Bound | magazine = Inked Magazine | pages = 59–62 | date = April 2010 }}</ref> She initially attended [[Sedona Red Rock High School]],<ref name="Happygrrls" /> but finished the last two years of her high school education through [[home schooling]] so that she could focus on her music career.<ref name="usatoday" />