Editing Mika Boorem (section)

===Early life===
Boorem was born on August 18, 1987, at [[Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital]] in [[Tucson, Arizona]], to Holly (née Thomas) and Benjamin Boorem.<ref name=azds>{{cite news|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25574760/arizona_daily_star/|title=Tucson-Born Stars in the Making|date=September 28, 2001|page=E1|location=Tucson, Arizona|last=Villarreal|first=Phil|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> She has one older brother, Benjamin Jr.<ref name=azds/> Her father is a [[gemology|gemologist]].<ref name=hollywoodcon/> She began acting in local theater in Arizona, and subsequently moved to [[Los Angeles]] with her family, where she attended [[Lycée Français de Los Angeles|Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles]], a French-English [[Bilingual education|bilingual school]].<ref name=azds/>