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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A deportee's arrest in a Bay Area killing is behind Rep. Duncan Hunter's effort -
Tijuana residents say they're upset about a new sales tax on ready-made food like hotdogs and pizza at convenience stores. -
More than 100 students from the U.S. and Mexico met to craft and debate mock proposals on Hispanic issues at the University of San Diego. -
The report by the Center for New Community was issued on the eve of the anniversary of anti-immigrant protests in Murrieta. -
The Baja California state prosecutor is investigating a fire that killed 17 people at a Mexicali nursing home this week. Mexicali's mayor said the Tuesday morning fire may have been intentionally set. -
Iraqi Chaldeans seeking political asylum in the U.S. have been held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for four months at an Otay Mesa detention facility while their paper work is processed. Activists say they should be released to their families.
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