Diane Guerrero

Diane Guerrero brings her work as an actor and immigration advocate to a memoir grounded in the childhood experience that shaped her activism. In the Country We Love recounts how Guerrero, a United States citizen, returned home at fourteen to find that her Colombian parents and older brother had been detained and later deported. She remained in the country with help from family friends while pursuing education and, eventually, roles in Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin. Written with Michelle Burford, the book resists treating family separation as an abstract debate; it follows the practical and emotional consequences for a child left behind. Henry Holt published In the Country We Love: My Family Divided in 2016, and an updated edition followed in 2017. Guerrero also reads the audiobook herself, giving the account the cadence of direct testimony. Her work links individual resilience with an argument for immigration reform and support for families navigating detention and removal.