Lauren Sanchez worked at waterpark; 40 years later, she takes luxurious ocean trips

Lauren Sanchez’s latest trip to the Galápagos Islands has put the spotlight on a journey that began far from the ocean conservation projects she supports today. In 1987, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ wife and former journalist Lauren Sanchez worked an hourly job at The Beach Waterpark in New Mexico as a 17-year-old teenager. Nearly four decades later, she is Vice Chair of the Bezos Earth Fund and has been highlighting efforts to protect marine ecosystems. During a recent Galápagos expedition, Sanchez swam alongside whitetip reef sharks and shared details about their role in maintaining healthy oceans and moving nutrients across marine environments.Lauren Sanchez’s journey from a New Mexico waterpark to the Galápagos IslandsLauren Sanchez worked at The Beach Waterpark in Albuquerque during its first summer in 1987, the same year she graduated from Del Norte High School.