Yisho izikhungo zemfundo uJohn Cena ayefunda kuzo.
Context:USena wazalelwa eWest Newbury, eMassachusetts ngo-Ephreli 23, 1977, uCarol (née Lupien) noJohn Joseph Cena. Unina ungowokudabuka eNgilandi naseFrance naseCanada, kanti ubaba wakhe, owayengumsakazi we-Ring for Chaotic Wrestling, unokhokho base-Italy. Umkhulu wakhe kamama wayengumdlali we-baseball uTony Lupien, kanti umkhulu wakhe kamama wayengusomabhizinisi u-Ulysses J. Lupien. Ungowesibili ngobudala kubafowabo abahlanu: uDan, uMatt, uSteve, noSean. Njengoba ayekhula engumthandi wokulwa, wayezenzela amabhande omqhudelwano ngamakhadibhodi yena nabafowabo. Ungumzala wososayensi wekhompyutha uNatalie Enright Jerger futhi wakhuliswa njengomRoma Katolika. UCena wayethukwa futhi eshaywa ngesikhathi esesikoleni, futhi wacela ibhentshi lokuphakamisa izisindo eneminyaka engu-12.  UCena wafunda e-Central Catholic High School e-Lawrence, eMassachusetts, ngaphambi kokudluliselwa eCushing Academy, isikole esizimele sokulungiselela e-Ashburnham, eMassachusetts. Wabe eseya e-Springfield College eSpringfield, eMassachusetts, lapho ayengumdlali wasesiswini we-NCAA Division III All-American futhi engukaputeni weqembu labo lebhola lekolishi, egqoke inombolo 54. Wathweswa iziqu e-Springfield College ngo-1999 ngeziqu ze-physiology yokuzivocavoca nokunyakaza komzimba, ngemuva kwalokho waphishekela umsebenzi wokwakha umzimba futhi wasebenza njengomshayeli we-limousine. UCena wayesebenza endaweni yezitolo eGym yaseGold ngamaRandi ayisithupha ngehora.
Isikole samaKatolika Esiphakeme i-Central, i-Cushing Academy, isikole esizimele esihlala ngaphakathi e-Ashburnham, eMassachusetts, iSpringfield College.