Guerline Jozef

Guerline M. Jozef is a globally recognized human rights advocate, strategist, and thought leader whose work has reshaped the conversation on migration, race, and justice. She is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), A Black-led, women-led, Haitian-American-led organization serving migrants at the U.S.–Mexico border, and co-founder of the Black Immigrants Bail Fund and the Cameroon Advocacy Network.

Her influence has been honored worldwide. She was named one of POLITICO’s “40 Most Influential People on Race, Politics, and Policy,” received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, and was named to the BBC’s Top 100 Women List of 2024. Recent accolades include the AFL-CIO’s 2024 GMLK Human Rights Award, the  2025 Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CariPhil) Afro-Caribbean Diaspora IMPACT Award, the Women’s Refugee Commission’s Voices of Courage Award, the Haitian Times’ Newsmaker of the Year, and the 1804 Haitian Roundtable’s Midwin Charles Legacy Award.

Jozef’s leadership has been featured in several networks including Forbes, The New York Times, BBC, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, the Miami Herald, the Boston Globe, DemocracyNow, the Griot, UnDocumented, Le Nouveliste and the Haitian Times.

She has testified before the United Nations, the United States Congress, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and recently addressed the IV International Congressional and Parliament Forum in Barranquilla, Colombia. She continues to stand at the forefront of global advocacy for the rights and dignity of Black immigrants and all people of African descent.