Amy graduated with a theater degree in 2003, then studied at the William Esper Studio in New York City for 2 years. When her parents divorced, Amy moved to Long Island with Sandra and attended South Side High School, where she was voted 'Class Clown' and 'Teacher's Worst Nightmare.' After graduating in 1999, she attended Central Synagogue of Nassau County, a Hebrew school, before moving to Maryland to attend Towson University. They teamed up to push for stronger gun control laws after a mass shooting occurred at a screening of 'Trainwreck' in 2015. Senator Chuck Schumer is Amy's second cousin once removed. Schumer's great-grandmother was a bootlegger during Prohibition, and she opened Schumer's Liquors in New York City after alcohol became legal again. Amy has said that while living in Long Island, people around her were openly antisemitic and kids regularly made fun of her Jewish heritage. Schumer's father is Jewish, and her Protestant mother converted to Judaism before marrying Gordon. When Schumer was 9, her family's company went out of business, and soon after, her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Her younger sister, Kim, grew up to become a comedy writer and producer (collaborating with Amy on several projects), and half-brother Jason is a jazz musician. Her mother, Sandra, and father, Gordon, owned a baby furniture company called Lewis of London. Amy Schumer was born Amy Beth Schumer on June 1, 1981, in Manhattan, New York.

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