Jean Guerrero


Jean Carolyn Guerrero is an investigative journalist, author and former foreign correspondent. She is the author of Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir, winner of the PEN/FUSION Emerging Writers Prize. Guerrero's KPBS series America’s Wall won an Emmy Award. Her essay "My Father Says He's a 'Targeted Individual.' Maybe We All Are" was selected for The Best American Essays anthology of 2019.

Career

From 2010 to 2013 Guerrero was a Mexico City bureau correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, reporting on Mexico and Central America. Since 2015 she has been an investigative reporter for KPBS in San Diego. Guerrero is a regular contributor to NPR, PBS NewsHour and PRI's The World, with appearances on MSNBC and CBC among others. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Columbia Journalism Review, Wired magazine and other outlets.

Education

Guerrero received a B.A. in journalism with a minor in neuroscience from the University of Southern California and an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction from Goucher College.

''Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir''

Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir was published in 2018 by One World: Random House. Reviewed as "a gracefully written and nuanced memoir" in The Washington Post, the book is an exploration of borders, Guerrero's father, and Guerrero's own sense of self. The book is divided into seven segments corresponding to parts of the K'iche' Maya creation story in the Popul Vuh.

Awards

Guerrero's mother is a physician. Her sister Michelle Ruby is a painter and muralist.