Paramus Youngster to Appear on TV's Sesame Street

Paramus youngster Jennifer Rivera will appear on an episode of "Sesame Street" next week.

This is the West Brook Middle School sixth grader's second TV appearance. The aspiring young actress made her TV debut on the CBS pilot "A Gifted Man" a little more than a year ago.

Now she will be featured playing her clarinet along with other young musicians with Sesame Street" characters Bob, Abby and Grover.

The episode, titled "Great Vibrations" is all about making music with instruments. The show's character Abby overhears Bob teaching a class of musicians and is so amazed by the sound she decides to take up an instrument too with a little help from Grover and his suitcase full of instruments.

Jennifer got the acting bug a while ago espeically after her work on "A Gifted Man" says her mother Yolanda. She's been modeling since she was 8-months-old and goes on auditions when she has a chance, her mother says.

Jennifer also dances four days a week at Mariann's School of Dance in Paramus.

"She is normally a quiet girl but she loves being on stage," says her mother.

The "Sesame Street" episode will air on April 25 on PBS channel 23 at 11 a.m. and April 26 on PBS channel 13 at 7 a.m.