Lauren Sánchez Takes Journey Down Reminiscence Lane with Excessive College Yearbook Web page

Lauren Sánchez is sharing a candy sequence of images that includes her hometown!

The Emmy-winning former information anchor posted an Instagram carousel on Tuesday, Sept. 17, of her e book tour cease for her new kids’s e book, The Fly Who Flew. However her current look was particularly sentimental as she visited her hometown of Albuquerque, N.M.

In Sánchez’s submit, she shared a peek at her childhood dwelling along with her father as the 2 smiled arm and arm exterior the New Mexico home. 

Within the following photograph, Sánchez, 54, pointed to certainly one of her yearbook college portraits — alongside her different classmates. She revealed in her Instagram caption that certainly one of her lecturers arrived at a promotional occasion and introduced the yearbook. 

The snapshot of Sánchez’s college days reveals her first identify is Wendy. PEOPLE confirms Lauren is the philanthropist’s center identify.

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The writer added a photograph of herself consuming a Blake’s Lotaburger burger on the Southwest quick meals chain. In different photos, she photographed a stuffed animal toy of her e book’s predominant character, Flynn the Fly, and extra.

In her ultimate images, Sánchez shared footage inside a bookstore, posing beside her father and a cardboard cutout of Flynn the Fly, in addition to a candy photograph of Sánchez studying her e book to a crowded room of youngsters.

“Nothing higher than coming dwelling. Went down reminiscence lane. Stopping by the previous home with Dad. Ate wonderful meals,” she wrote in her caption. “Thanks to all my household and buddies who confirmed as much as help the @theflywhoflew.”

A number of folks commented on her submit, evaluating how she appeared in her yearbook photograph to her daughter, Ella, 16. She shares Ella and son, Evan, 17, with ex-husband Patrick Whitesell. Sánchez additionally shares son Nikko, 23, along with her ex-boyfriend, former NFL participant Tony Gonzalez.

Sánchez’s new e book follows a fly named Flynn who is not the perfect at college however continues to be interested by life. Throughout certainly one of her adventures, she by chance will get trapped within the cockpit of a rocket that is going to area.

Whereas Flynn’s surprising enterprise proves to be greater than she might’ve ever hoped for, she learns about area, Earth, and why it is necessary to guard it.

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Sánchez beforehand advised PEOPLE how her personal life experiences impressed the e book.

“I used to be flying with my youngsters and a fly one way or the other received into the cockpit of the airplane. My youngsters had been like, ‘Oh no, this poor little fly is separated from his household!’ And I used to be like, ‘I don’t know, she will get to see the world from a very completely different perspective,’ ” Sánchez recalled.

“In order that sparked this enjoyable story in my thoughts, that even the smallest amongst us can expertise unimaginable adventures,” she added.

The Fly Who Flew to Area is now out there in bookstores and on-line.