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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KPBS Midday EditionThere are a dozen mayoral candidates on the ballot in Sunday's election, including two that are not affiliated with any political party.
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Dozens of migrants from Haiti and Africa are sleeping outside the San Ysidro Port of Entry on the Tijuana side. Some plan to apply for political asylum in the U.S., while others come for economic reasons. -
Founded by former Chargers player Ernie Wright in 1994, Pro Kids has been using golf to help low-income students — including refugees and immigrants — excel in school. -
One day before Donald Trump holds a rally in San Diego, local Democrats spoke out against the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and threw anti-Trump banner-making parties. -
Researchers surveyed about 6,500 students in San Diego and Tijuana, the largest student sample surveyed to date in the cross-border region. -
The U.S. Justice Department found a lack of basic controls and oversight of criminal investigations, unstable leadership and other red flags.
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