'We're really growing as a community and we've come into a place where we deserve to be considered and served and catered to,' Lopez told the audience of the Cable Show.

She was talking at the communications convention ahead of new programming set to launch July 18 on the NUVOtv network.

The 40-year-old, of Puerto Rican descent, serves as chief creative officer of the English-language Latino channel and is using her celebrity status to spark a change in programming.

With her heartfelt conviction, stern expression and rows of expensive rings layered on her fingers, it was impossible for anyone present not to take pause and listen to her points.

While the idea of Lopez as a sexy government lobbyist in the style of Erin Brocovich is a surprising transformation to most of her fans, J-Lo said it is a natural progression.

'It's an extension of who I am as an artist,' she said about her new role in an interview with The Associated Press, as reported by NPR. 'As I grow in this business that creative spark that you have doesn't go away. It keeps growing almost.'

Lopez said that working behind the scenes is just as rewarding as performing, if not more.

'Singing and acting and dancing and performing live, it's always going to be my passion,' she explained. 'But at the end of the day, when you're given the opportunities to be more creative, to create things more from the ground up, to really, really do things like NUVO, which is really for me empowering a community, that means so much to me.

'There's a big revolution going on, it's like a media and cultural revolution of Latinos here in the United States,' the Wedding Planner actress stressed. 'We're realizing our power.

'We're realizing that we matter here. You know, we're not just, you know, the guys working behind the scenes in the kitchens and as a plumber.'

While she is now one of the biggest names in Hollywood and was the first Latina actress to earn $1 million for a role when she starred opposite George Clooney in 1998's Out Of Sight, Jennifer said there was a distinct lack of diversity when she was a child. 

'I grew up watching the Huxtables [on The Cosby Show] and Marcia Brady, but I didn’t see me,' she told the Hollywood Reporter. 

Instead she fell in love with the film West Side Story, as she related with what she saw and wanted to bring it to others.

Later in the busy day in the country's capital, Lopez was met with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the National Council of La Raza and Senators Harry Reid and Bob Menendez.

We've seen Jennifer Lopez as a pop star, a dancer, a reality show judge - and a now political lobbyist.
The powerful star proved she definitely isn't Jenny From The Block anymore when she spoke in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to campaign for more diversity for Latinos on television.
Dressed in a tight black pencil skirt, bronze sparkling blouse and high heels covered in metal spikes, the former American Idol judge was a formidable force as she proved she was passionate about the political issue.
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