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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As California approves new overtime pay rules for farmworkers, a new photo exhibit at the University of San Diego pays tribute to the movement led by Cesar Chavez. -
KPBS Midday EditionTo inspire empathy for immigrants, about 100 faith and community leaders from across the country will march from the U.S.-Mexico border in Imperial Beach to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.
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KPBS Midday EditionU.S. citizens living in Tijuana with their deported husbands say they are denied access to SENTRI, a trusted traveler program for expedited border crossings. -
Haitians are flowing into San Diego in record numbers. Now, a church in Normal Heights is giving them temporary shelter. -
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