Jean Guerrero
Investigative ReporterJean Guerrero is a former KPBS reporter with extensive experience covering Latin America. Her KPBS reporting focused on family separations at the border, Trump's wall, deportations, and migrant caravan. Her work was recognized by the San Diego Press Club, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Pacific Southwest Chapter, and the Society for Professional Journalists, including "Best Body Of Work" in 2018.
She started her career at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in Mexico City as a foreign correspondent. She won the PEN/FUSION Emerging Writers Prize in 2016. Her book "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir" was published in 2018 by One World (Random House).
Jean holds a B.A. in journalism and a minor in neuroscience from the University of Southern California. She also has an MFA degree in creative nonfiction from Goucher College.
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More than 100 people attended the rally calling President Trump's national emergency declaration a "fake crisis" to fund a border wall. -
As the San Diego County Board of Supervisors prepares to sue the Trump administration for its handling of asylum-seeking families, the San Diego Rapid Response Network is helping families. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to sue the Trump administration over its handling of asylum-seeking families. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego State University Library has released a collection of hundreds of letters from asylum-seekers being held at the Otay Mesa detention center. -
A top Mexican official says the Mexican government wants to welcome migrants, regardless of which border they're coming from. -
The Department of Homeland Security says a newly launched program to return some asylum seekers to Mexico while they await their day in U.S. court will help keep families together.
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