Mónica Guzmán is a bridge builder, journalist, and author who lives for great conversations sparked by curious questions. Her best-selling book, “I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times,” has been featured in The New York Times, The Glenn Beck Podcast, and Reader’s Digest, and was named one of the 10 best books to read before college by U.S. News. Mónica is founder and CEO of Reclaim Curiosity, where she works to build a world that sees itself. She is both an advisor and a debate chair at Braver Angels, the nation’s largest crosspartisan grassroots organization working to depolarize America, and also advises Disagree Better, The Viewpoints Project, and Courageous Conversations About Our Schools. She is host of “A Braver Way”, a podcast that in the run-up to the 2024 election equipped people with the tools they need to bridge the political divide in their everyday lives. Mónica received an honorary doctorate degree from Wheaton College and completed study and research fellowships at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, where she researched how journalists can rethink their roles to better meet the needs of a participatory public, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, where she studied social and political division, and the University of Florida, where she joined forces with researchers testing techniques to boost understanding across differences. A Mexican immigrant and dual US/Mexico citizen, she lives in Seattle with her husband and two kids, plays a barbarian named Shadrack in her besties’ Dungeons & Dragons campaign, and is the proud liberal daughter of conservative parents. Read more about her and her work at moniguzman.com.
