Roberto Lovato

Roberto Lovato is a journalist and a member of The Writers Grotto. He is one of the country's leading writers and thinkers on Central American gangs, refugees, violence and other issues. Lovato is also a co-founder of #DignidadLiteraria, the national movement formed to combat the invisibility and silencing of Latinx stories and books in the U.S. publishing industry . He is also recipient of a reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center and a former fellow at U.C. Berkeley's Latinx Research Center...See more

Roberto Lovato is a journalist and a member of The Writers Grotto. He is one of the country's leading writers and thinkers on Central American gangs, refugees, violence and other issues. Lovato is also a co-founder of #DignidadLiteraria, the national movement formed to combat the invisibility and silencing of Latinx stories and books in the U.S. publishing industry . He is also recipient of a reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center and a former fellow at U.C. Berkeley's Latinx Research Center. His essays and reporting have appeared in numerous publications including Guernica , Boston Globe , Foreign Policy , Guardian , Los Angeles Times , Der Spiegel , La Opinion , and other national and international publications. He lives in San Francisco. See less