Kristina Lovato is an Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley and serves as the Director of the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (CICW). Her scholarly work focuses on enhancing the well-being of Latinx and immigrant families at risk of immigration enforcement and/or public child welfare involvement. She employs critical theoretical, and intersectional qualitative methodological approaches to examine the impact of restrictive immigration policies on the social and economic mobility of families and children who have experienced a forced family separation due to immigration enforcement. Her research aims to better understand the lived experiences of immigrant communities to develop policies, systems, and services that are culturally responsive and equity-based regardless of legal status.
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