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Sanchez eventually stepped away from full-time broadcasting to focus on family life with her then-husband, Patrick Whitesell.

In 2011, Sanchez discovered a new passion: aviation.

Lauren Sánchez posing at the Met Gala

With a flight instructor as her father, flying was always in her DNA.

She went on to consult for major Hollywood productions like Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk.”

We can do it," (viaBezos Earth Fund).

Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos smiling together

And her ambitions don’t stop there.

In January 2023, she announced plans to lead an all-female crew into space with Blue Origin.

We think of Magellan, Jacques Cousteau, but we’re explorers [too]."