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In 2000, Biles' maternal grandfather, Ron Biles and his second wife, Nellie Cayetano Biles,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theundefeated.com/features/the-difficulty-of-being-simone-biles/ |title=The Difficulty Of Being Simone Biles |last1=O'Neal |first1=Lonnae |date=July 1, 2016 |website=theundefeated.com |access-date=August 19, 2016 |quote=Simone's grandparents, Ron (grandfather) and Nellie (step-grandmother), became her legal guardian when Biles was 6. They met while Nellie was in college in San Antonio and Ron was in the Air Force and raising daughter Shanon as a single father.}}</ref> began temporarily caring for Shanon's children in the north [[Houston]] suburb of [[Spring, Texas]], after learning that his grandchildren had been in foster care. In 2003, the couple officially adopted Simone and her younger sister Adria. Ron's sister, Shanon's aunt Harriet, adopted the two oldest children.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/simone-biles-051816 |title=Simone Biles |website=Biography.com |access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name=HC160716/><ref name="Minutaglio, Rose">{{cite news |last1=Minutaglio |first1=Rose |title=How Gymnast Simone Biles Overcame Being Given up by Her Mother to Become an Olympic Gold Hopeful |url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20996464_21015150,00.html |access-date=June 28, 2016 |publisher=People |date=June 27, 2016}}</ref> Biles holds [[Belize]]an citizenship through her mother and refers to that country as her second home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/16/sport/simone-biles-belize-ties-rio-olympics-gymnastics-2016/|title=Simone Biles has support in another country: Belize|editor=Martin, Jill|editor2=Lopez, Elwyn|work=[[CNN]]|date=August 16, 2016|access-date=August 27, 2016}}</ref> Biles and her family practice [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/these-two-game-changing-olympians-are-serious-catholics-76883/|title=These two game-changing Olympians are serious Catholics|last=Rezac|first=Mary|work=[[Catholic News Agency]]|date=August 9, 2016|access-date=August 11, 2016}}</ref>
In 2012, Biles made the choice to switch from public school to home school, allowing her to increase her training from approximately 20 to 32 hours per week. She gained all of her secondary education as a [[homeschooler]], graduating in the summer of 2015. Biles verbally committed to [[UCLA]] on August 4, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/04/simone-biles-chooses-ucla-gymnastics-olympics/|title=Simone Biles chooses UCLA|last1=Nick|first1=Zaccardi|date=August 4, 2014|publisher=[[NBC Sports]]|access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref> She planned to defer enrollment until after the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio de Janeiro; in November 2014 she signed her [[National Letter of Intent]] with UCLA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/story/_/id/11872243/gymnastics-champion-simone-biles-signs-ucla-bruins-national-letter-intent|title=Simone Biles to attend UCLA|work=[[ESPN]]|date=November 13, 2014}}</ref> On July 29, 2015, she announced that she would turn professional and forfeit her [[NCAA]] eligibility to compete for UCLA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/29/simone-biles-turns-professional-gymnastics-olympics-octagon/|title=Simone Biles turns pro|last1=Nick|first1=Zaccardi|date=July 29, 2015|publisher=[[NBC Sports]]|access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref> In January 2018, Biles was reported to have enrolled at the [[University of the People]],{{Disputed inline|talk=Talk:University of the People#Simone Biles is a "student" at UoPeople: fake news!|date=May 2021}}{{Better source needed |reason=The article claims that Biles 'began to study'. It is unclear if she is actually a student at uopeople.edu |date=November 2020}} an online college, to study [[business administration]], and would become the university's brand ambassador.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivalegatt/2018/04/03/why-simone-biles-chose-online-over-ucla/#2e260cb93193|title=Why Simone Biles Chose An Online College Over UCLA|work=[[Forbes]]|date=April 3, 2018|first=Aviva|last=Legatt}}</ref>
==Gymnastics career==
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