PROFILE

Juliana Tafur is the inaugural director of the Bridging Differences program at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. She works to strengthen social connections across lines of race and ethnicity, politics, religion, and more—fostering a culture of understanding and belonging in the United States and beyond.

Through partnerships, multimedia content, speaking engagements, and workshops, Juliana is committed to making bridge-building skills and resources widely accessible and actionable. A social entrepreneur, Emmy-nominated senior producer, and award-winning documentary filmmaker, she has spent more than a decade creating experiences that foster human connection across deep societal divides.

A TEDx speaker, she leads transformative trainings for organizations, universities, and communities, equipping participants with science-based skills for connection and understanding. She’s an honors graduate of Northwestern University with dual degrees in journalism and history, and a 2021–2022 Obama Foundation Scholar at Columbia University—a mid-career fellowship that recognized and expanded her bridge-building work and research.