Sánchez made another major pivot in 2016, when she founded Black Ops Aviation, an aerial film and production company. Sánchez, who became a licensed pilot to follow in the footsteps of her father, a flight instructor, worked with directors like Christopher Nolan and Catherine Hardwicke, per the Hollywood Reporter.

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She’s set to marry Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. But who is the pilot and Emmy Award-winning journalist Lauren Sánchez – and how did she go from local news to the edge of space? Born in New Mexico in 1969 and raised in California,