Lauren Sanchez is having a proud mom moment as she celebrated her kid’s college acceptance with an Instagram story. Sanchez congratulated her daughter, Ella Whitesell, upon being accepted into her dream college by sharing a rare picture on her story on December 11.
Lauren Sanchez gets emotional thinking about daughter heading to college soon

Lauren Sanchez’s youngest child, Ella Whitesell, is all set to start college soon, and the philanthropist could not help but celebrate her college acceptance. She shared a picture of her daughter wearing a white and pink unicorn onesie on her story.
The 55-year-old philanthropist wrote, “CONGRATULATIONS,” with a red heart emoji at the top of the picture. She also shared an emotional note that read: “Congratulations! I have tears in my eyes looking at this photo and knowing you will be heading off to college soon. Beyond proud of how hard you work – I love you SO much. Congratulations on getting into the college of your dreams.”
Sanchez is the mother of three children. She shares two children, Evan and Ella, with ex-husband Patrick Whitesell, a Hollywood agent. She also has a son, Nikko Gonzalez, with former NFL player Tony Gonzalez. She co-parents all her kids with her ex-partner.
Sanchez’s oldest son, Nikko Gonzalez, is a model and made his runway debut in Dolce & Gabbana’s Fall/Winter 2024-2025 menswear show in Milan. He graduated from college in May 2024. The award-winning journalist shares relatively little information about her other son, Evan Whitesell.
Lauren Sanchez married Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in June this year in Venice, Italy. According to Vogue, she walked down the aisle at her wedding to Bezos with her sons, Nikko Gonzalez and Evan Whitesell. Bezos shares four children, three sons and one daughter, with his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott. The Blue Origin founder separated from Scott in January 2019 after 25 years of marriage. Their kids have mostly been kept away from the spotlight.
Originally reported by Ankita Shaw on Momtastic.
