The Mexican roots of Lauren Sánchez, girlfriend of Jeff Bezos

Lauren Sanchez has grabbed the headlines of the American press due to her controversial affair with Jeff Bezosfounder of amazon and Blue Origin.

After 25 years of marriage, Jeff separated from his wife Mackenzie Scott, amid rumors that he had cheated on her with Lauren Sanchez.

The couple began their romance in 2019, when he was still married to Scott and Lauren divorced her husband. Patrick Whitesellhad previously had a son with the American football player, Tony Gonzalez, Nikko.

Apparently four months before their relationship was discovered, the couple had enjoyed romantic dates, encounters in luxurious hotels in the United States, as well as helicopter rides and private jet trips. But…

Who is Lauren Sanchez?

Beyond the fame she has obtained for being the girlfriend of the second richest man in the worldLauren already had a long and successful career on television, as a journalist, presenter and as a businesswoman.

He began his career as an assistant at KCOP-TV in The Angels, to later rise as a television presenter and reporter for networks such as KTVK-TV Y Extra.

Among other jobs he has had, his performances and participation in programs such as Larry King Live, Showbiz Tonight Y The Joy Behar Show.

He has an Emmy that he won when he went back to work at KCOP-TV To present UPN 13 News and earned a nomination for the same award as a reporter and correspondent for sports magazine Going Deep.

Is Lauren Sanchez Mexican?

The journalist is not Mexican, although she has Mexican roots, and is that she was born in a second generation Mexican American family of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He was born on December 19, 1969, so he is currently 52 years old; Jeff is 54 years old at this time.

Before becoming one of the most recognized and popular Latina journalists on American television, Lauren grew up in New Mexico with a father mechanic and flight instructor and one pilot mother.

“I was always in the hangar growing up, but I didn’t know anything about flying. I went to flight school and I had an instructor who asked me, ‘So what do you know about flying?’ My response was: ‘Stay away from the propeller.’”

The influence that her parents left her served to make her knowledgeable on the flight deck; she normally brags about her helicopter rides on her social media.

It also has its own aerial filming company called Black Op Aviation, founded in 2016 and focused on making film and television projects from the air; sometimes Lauren is the one who handles the helicopters.

Her work as a pilot and producer has allowed her to collaborate on projects such as the film Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan, advertising campaigns for firms such as Discovery Land and the shooting of the tape Miss Bala.

“This space is dominated by men. But there is nothing physical about flying a helicopter. She can be 5 foot 1 or 6 foot 4. There is no reason why there shouldn’t be more women in this, ”said the businesswoman in an interview she held with The Hollywood Reporter in 2017.