JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fancybox/2.1.5/jquery.fancybox.css">
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fancybox/2.1.5/jquery.fancybox.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fancybox/2.1.5/jquery.fancybox.pack.js"></script>
<div class="ns-bp-team-box">
    <div class="ns-bp-team-box-inner">
        <div class="member-img">
            <img width="400" height="400" alt="17d560b" class="attachment-full wp-post-image" src="http://site.me/img/17d560b.jpg">
        </div>	<a rel="lightbox" class="fancybox" href="#target">
			<h4 style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer;">Jane Do</h4>
		</a>

        <div class="member-role">Project manager</div>
        <p style="display: none;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
        <div class="member-social">
            <ul>
                <li class="member-social-email"><a data-original-title="Mail" href="mailto:[email protected]">Email me</a>

                </li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<div id="target" style="display:none"></div>

JavaScript

// Team View 
$ = jQuery.noConflict();
$(document).ready(function () {
    var teamBox = $('.ns-bp-team-box');
    var content;
    var target = $('#target');
    // hide contents
    var contents = $(this).find($('.ns-bp-team-box-inner p')).hide();
    // Binds .fancybox to fancybox THEN trigger it right after
    $('.fancybox').on('click', function (e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        // Get content and had it to the #target div
        content = $(this).parent().parent().find($('p')).text();
        target.html(content);
    }).fancybox({ // trigger fancybox
        content: target,
        padding: 20,
        maxWidth: '600px',
        maxHeigh: '800px',
        afterClose: function () {
            // empty the #target
            target.html();
        }
    });
});