Roberto Lovato: The Road to Enlightened Revolutionary

A conversation with writer Roberto Lovato about the winding and often dangerous road he pursued standing up for the people of El Salvador. We talk about the passion and commitment behind his choices, and his experiences that led him to write Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolution in the Americas. He helped launch the Central American studies program at Cal State Northridge and last year founded #DignidadLiteraria, a movement advocating for more authentic Latinx stories and Latinx writers in the publishing industry. Oh, and the quote Roberto mentions, often attributed to Goethe, but now many attribute to William Hutchison Murray (either way, still powerful): The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. You can find Lovato’s work and book at robertolovato.com