In San Francisco, he served as Deputy Superintendent of Instruction, Innovation and Social Justice for five years. Under his supervision, he oversaw the district’s portfolio of 129 schools, early education, curriculum & instruction, student support services, special education, and the district’s innovation team.

Prior to this role, he was Assistant Superintendent of the Superintendent’s Zone, responsible for the turnaround and transformation of the city’s most underserved school communities.

In Boston, he was assigned to the district’s most underperforming school, charged with transforming the school experience for over 500 historically underserved students. After one year, he was concurrently appointed a cluster leader to facilitate professional learning for a designated cohort of principals and provide input on district improvement plans as a member of the Superintendent’s cabinet.

Prior to starting his administrative career, Guerrero has teaching experience across grade levels in various school settings in the Oakland, San Francisco, and Boston public schools, including in Spanish bilingual, elementary literacy specialist, and middle school math & science teacher roles.

In 2001, Guerrero was awarded a fellowship for being identified as Boston’s recognized “teacher with outstanding leadership potential” and subsequently earned a first master’s degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education’s School Leadership Program in 2002.

Guerrero returned to Harvard and completed a second master’s degree in 2009 as a graduate student in the highly selective Urban Superintendents Program.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of California, Los Angeles, and also studied music education and classical violin at the UCLA School of Arts.

Guerrero recently celebrated his 20-year anniversary with wife Carolyn, who is a longtime elementary school teacher; they have a son and daughter who are recent public high school graduates.

As an espoused public servant who as a youth attained the rank of Eagle Scout, grew up as an English language learner, and studied music, Guerrero advocates for environment-related causes, immigrant rights, and is an arts education champion.

Superintendent Guerrero welcomes students to remodeled Grant High School (KGW):

Superintendent Guerrero speaks on immigrants in schools, during a Board of Education meeting:

Introduction of Superintendent Guerrero in 2017 (OregonLive):

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Friday Forum featuring Superintendent Guerrero (City Club of Portland):

A conversation with Superintendent Guerrero (City Club of Portland):

A message on COVID-19 from Superintendent Guerrero:

Superintendent Guerrero visits Chief Joseph Elementary School on the final day of the 2017-18 school year:

New Faces in Public Education forum at Franklin High School:

Recapping Superintendent Guerrero's first year in PPS:

Superintedent Guerrero speaks about racial justice at a Board of Education meeting:

Superintendent Guerrero joins Harriet Tubman students in a speical viewing of the movie "Harriet":