Jorge Guerra is a Lecturer in Latina/o/x Studies at the University of Iowa. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Jorge Guerra received his BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing at California State University/Long Beach. He is also a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he was a Dean's Graduate Research Fellow.

His research includes the Guatemalan Coup D'état of 1954, US-Cold War involvement in Guatemala/Latin America, the disappearances of Guatemalans during the Guatemalan Civil War, and Central American immigration in the United States. He finished his short story collection and is currently working on a novel on the outset of the Guatemalan Civil War.

At the University of Iowa, he has taught courses on queer Latina/o/x studies, Latina/o/x film, and Latinx immigration literature.

He serves as a mentor for the Storm Lake Scholars Program, and teaches LATS:2280.