Jennifer Lopez is heading back to the judges table…

The 47-year-old Puerto Rican actress, singer and former American Idol judge will serve as a judge on the show she is executive-producing, World of Dance.

And La Lopez says the NBC competition series is “the best thing I could have ever done.”

“It’s like a dream come true and, like, the perfect job for me. In a sense, we created literally the perfect show for me to be a part of,” Lopez said Monday at a NBC press event in Beverly Hills., California, speaking on a panel with her fellow judges Derek Hough and Ne-Yo, host Jenna Dewan Tatum and executive producers Matilda Zoltowski, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina.

Lopez, who started as a dancer and first broke through as a Fly Girl on In Living Color,  was integral in the development of the series. At the press event, she explained that World of Dance — which will feature solo artists, duos and teams of all ages in all genres — allows her to give back to the dance community.

“I ate one slice of pizza each day — no breakfast, no lunch. I would eat it at 6 p.m. so it would hold me over until the next day. That’s how I lived, once I moved out of my mom’s house, and I did that for a couple of years before I got my first big job, and I wouldn’t change it for the world,” Lopez said, reminiscing on her early days, struggling, but loving life as a young dancer.

“I love dance such at a core level and I always consider myself a dancer first because I became a singer and an actress after. That was my first form of artistic expression. It’s so part of who I am,” Lopez continued, adding that the show “reminded me of all the reasons why I love dance and why I wanted to do this in the first place.”