Jenny Cortez

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**Jenny Cortez** is the captain of Canton Gymnastics as well as Joon's older sister and a gymnast.

She is also a gymnastics coach to younger children in a class called Tumbling Tots held at Cortez Gymnastics, and a gymnast at Canton Gymnastics.

Jenny is a level 8 gymnast, but her mom only allowed her to compete at level 4 and below due to the fact that Whitney sustained an ACL injury from doing an advanced gymnastic move before the show (Dismount), that Gus McIlroy encouraged her to do, possibly a Level 5 one.

She became the captain of Canton Middle School's gymnastics team after beating Olivia Shaw, injuring her foot in the process. It is unknown if she can ever compete again.

Jenny's best friends are Keisha, Sarah and Rachel. She is a member of the group known as the Girls for Greatness, which was created to stand up to Olivia for bullying Jenny.

## Before the show

Jenny was captain of her old studio. After her dad passed away, she moved to Toronto with her mom and younger brother Joon, and now lives with Gus.

## Similarity to Michelle from The Next Step (Season 1)

Both Jenny and Michelle have been a victim of bullying by their respective gym and dance captains to attempt to stop them from getting onto the teams that they oversee. Another similarity is they both came from places in the USA before they make the Canadian teams they are in. Jenny is from Miami, Florida and Michelle is from Madison, Wisconsin. They are both threats to Emily and Olivia Shaw.

## Appearances

### Changes:

Jenny first appears in Miami where her mother is fired from her job, which leaves her no choice but to move to Canada and run Cortez gymnastics. Before they move, they have a goodbye party on the beach.

Jenny is next seen in Toronto in her Appartment aka New Home. Afterwards, she is shown on her first day at Canton Middle School, where her homeroom teacher Miss Allister introduces her to everyone in the class. After having an awkward encounter with her cousin via Video Chat, Miss Allister tells her to put her phone in her locker if she does not want it taken away. While walking the halls, she bumps into the awesome best friend duo (Keisha and Rachel) which then help lost Jenny find the way to her locker. The friend group are later seen at the Cortez Gymnastics gym watching Jenny do her amazing skills on the beam. Later, Jenny tries to show the girls moves from higher levels than what her mother allows her to but soon she stops because she notices that her mother is watching her. Later, Jenny expresses her frustrations about being a Level 4 in front of Keisha and Rachel and they encourage her to tryout for the team.

Opening Day :

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### A Day at Cortez :

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Best Laid Plans :

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### Ready For Battle :

She is seen practicing for Hillside all day.

### Hillside part 1

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Hillside Part 2

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## Facts

* Jenny's younger self, who appears in flashback, is portrayed by Morgan Wigle's younger sister Brooke.
* Jenny used to be captain in her old gymnastics team.
* She is a size 'small' in the Canton Gymnastics team jacket.
* Jenny used to be enemies with one of Olivia's minions, Josephine "Bops" Percival.
* She teaches the Tumbling Tots Class in the Cortez Gym.
* The hardest move that Jenny had to do in the entire season was a double twist on the floor in the finale episodes.