{"id":12159,"date":"2025-07-03T00:30:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/love-her-or-hate-her-lauren-sanchez-is-mexican-american-and-most-people-have-no-idea\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T00:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:30:52","slug":"love-her-or-hate-her-lauren-sanchez-is-mexican-american-and-most-people-have-no-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/love-her-or-hate-her-lauren-sanchez-is-mexican-american-and-most-people-have-no-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Her or Hate Her, Lauren Sanchez Is Mexican American \u2026 and Most People Have No Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"

After watching the very public wedding unfold (the one with the private island, helicopter arrival, and Kim Kardashian and Oprah Winfrey on the guest list), I was blown away like everyone else. Or so I thought. When I asked my Mexican American, Gen Z neighbor what she thought about Lauren Ssnchez and the wedding spectacle in Venice she had no idea who I was talking about.<\/p>\n

She blinked. \u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJeff Bezos\u2019s new wife,\u201d I explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh. I know Jeff Bezos, but I\u2019ve never heard of her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s Mexican American and just married Jeff Bezos in Italy,\u201d I added.<\/p>\n

Her eyes widened: \u201cI had no idea. That\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her reaction stuck with me. How is it that one of the most-watched weddings of the year included a Mexican American woman at the center of it all, and nobody seems to know this? Yes, I know Sanchez and the newlywed\u2019s mega wealth is not a fan favorite. But, at the same time, it\u2019s really great that a Mexican American is making headlines around the world for being too rich, right?<\/p>\n

Love her or hate her, she\u2019s Mexican American. And, away from the glitz and glamor of it all, she seems to have grown up like a lot of us. She was raised by hardworking Latinas, navigated language loss, and figured out how to hold on to culture in a country that tells you to let it go.<\/p>\n

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Lauren Sanchez\u2019s Grandma was a Housekeeper<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Turns out, Lauren Sanchez\u2019s story may feel familiar to a lot of us. Her family was made up of hardworking immigrants and strong Latinas. In fact, her grandmother was a housekeeper who taught her about hard work and big dreams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got my work ethic from her,\u201d Sanchez says, according to a recent People magazine article<\/a>. Sanchez says she would sometimes help her grandmother clean. \u201cWhen she was teaching me, I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know if I want to be a housekeeper,\u2019 and she said, \u2018No. This is a great job. You get to make someone\u2019s life easier,\u2019 \u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s how she looked at life. That spirit is in me.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED POST: The \u2018Yo No Sabo Kid\u2019 Rebellion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

She also grew up with the all-too-common ache of not growing up fluent in Spanish. She says her grandmother Elsie and her mother speak Spanish, but, like many Latino households, the language wasn\u2019t passed down.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom didn\u2019t teach me because she told me she didn\u2019t want me to have an accent, because she thought that would hurt me,\u201d S\u00e1nchez said in a 2024 interview with Elle<\/a>. \u201cThe biggest regret I have is not being able to speak fluent Spanish.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That regret has turned into action. S\u00e1nchez and her kids are now taking Spanish lessons together. \u201cIt\u2019s something I crave,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez, a mother of three, is now part of a blended family with Bezos that includes nine children and grandchildren. That family is firmly rooted in Latino tradition, even if it\u2019s playing out inside multimillion-dollar homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe bond and we clash in the best possible way,\u201d she explained in a recent interview. \u201cWe live in Miami now, and his dad, Mike<\/a>, comes over. They make churros on Sunday for the kids. I\u2019m sitting there, and they only want to put sugar on them. I\u2019m like, \u2018No, no, no, no. You need to put sugar. You need to put cinnamon. Where\u2019s the chocolate sauce? I\u2019ll put Taj\u00edn on it.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cIt\u2019s very interesting how they\u2019re both just like, \u2018Simple, Lauren. Simple.\u2019 It\u2019s little things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Love Her or Hate Her<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Love her or hate her, S\u00e1nchez\u2019s story is similar to so many Latinos living in the U.S. (well, part of her story). She had the hardworking family, the complicated relationship with Spanish, and the food. The rest, like the yachts, the spaceflights, the billion-dollar lifestyle? Not so much.<\/p>\n

Still, that little thread of familiarity\u00a0 is what makes some of us pause, and, just like my neighbor, say: \u201cWow. I had no idea. That\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Featured image: courtesy of Deposit Photos<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The post Love Her or Hate Her, Lauren Sanchez Is Mexican American \u2026 and Most People Have No Idea<\/a> appeared first on Nuestro Stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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