Berkeley's Center for Latino Policy Research for three years.

Lovato has also received a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

His journalistic work spans the entire hemisphere and centers on immigration, the war on drugs, national security, and climate change.

His work also explores the links between the online and offline worlds[clarification needed] and between storytelling and social movements.

Publishers Weekly[1] reported it "Mixing fraught reminiscence with vivid reportage."