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Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos grant Eva Longoria the Bezos Award

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Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos have shared their recipients of this year’s Bezos Award. The award, called the Bezos Courage and Civility Award, is given out on a yearly basis, splitting $100 million between two individuals that are deemed as great contributors to society.

This year, Eva Longoria is one of them. Lauren Sánchez enjoys the Oscars afterparty with Sofia Vergara, Demi Lovato, and Kim KardashianLauren Sanchez announces $60M investment for the Bezos Centers for Sustainable ProteinLongoria has long used her platform to promote education and provide opportunities for Latinos.

Over the past years she’s built the Eva Longoria Foundation, an organization that connects Latinos located in low-income regions with mentors and connections that can help them grow in their field of work. “Of course, I am honored and thrilled personally, but I am even more excited about the impact I think we can have on this country through/by investing in the strength of the Latino community,” said Longoria to CNN. “Latinos in the US are a rapidly growing group with extraordinary potential, but we disproportionately lack the infrastructure opportunity we need and I’m excited to invest in that opportunity.” Bill McRaven, a retired Navy admiral and the former chancellor of the University of Texas System, was awarded with the other half of the $100 million.

Longoria has previously discussed how important she considers Sanchez and Bezos’ work is for the environment and society in general.

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