10 Moments from the Democratic National Convention that could change our lives

"Tonight, we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward a more perfect union: The first time that a major party has nominated a woman for President. Standing here as my mother's daughter, and my daughter’s mother, I’m so happy this day has come. Happy for grandmothers and little girls and everyone in between. Happy for boys and men, too – because when any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone. When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit," she said.

College graduate Astrid Silva and 11 year-old Karla Ortíz told the audience about how it is to live in fear of being deported.

Even though President Obama increased the amount of deportations and couldn't achieve immigration reform like he promised, Republican nominee Donald Trump has said he'd create a special task force to deport all undocumented immigrants.

“I don’t feel brave every day. On most days, I’m scared that at any moment my mom and my dad will be forced to leave,” Ortiz said. “And I wonder what if I come home and find it empty?”

“My family believed so deeply in the promise of this country that we risked everything for the American Dream,” Silva told delegates Monday.

I am convinced that putting faces to the "scary immigrants" portrayed by Trump will help with the nasty climate out there.

Talking in a positive way may help her cement the already huge support among Latinos, but I also believe that counters the perceptions inflamed by Trump.

"Now we are clear-eyed about what our country is up against. But we are not afraid. We will rise to the challenge, just as we always have. We will not build a wall. Instead, we will build an economy where everyone who wants a good-paying job can get one. And we’ll build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy. We will not ban a religion. We will work with all Americans and our allies to fight terrorism," Clinton said.

Khizr Khan and his wife are the parents of Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim American who died in combat. The dad gave such a powerful speech that I teared up.

"Donald Trump, you are asking Americans to trust you with our future. Let me ask you: Have you even read the U.S. Constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy. In this document, look for the words 'liberty' and 'equal protection of law'…Have you ever been to Arlington Cemetery? Go look at the graves of the brave patriots who died defending America — you will see all faiths, genders, and ethnicities," he said.

His words make me think of the thousands of soldiers–dead and alive– who are immigrants.

Eva Longoria made it clear that not all Latinos are recent immigrants or undocumented. Right now, many of us feel discriminated, even those who were born here. Longoria's words not only gave information about American history and the role of Hispanics in it, but reminded us of our rights.

"My family never crossed a border, the border crossed us. So when Donald Trump calls us criminals and rapists, he's insulting American families. My father is not a criminal or a rapist," she said.

The Mexican-American singer Demi Lovato talked about her fight with mental illness. The Honduran-American actress América Ferrera talked about how her parents needed help from the government to feed her at times.

Both showed their vulnerability and proved that having a childhood with problems doesn't mean that you'll be a burden as an adult. I'm sure that some of our most vulneable kids felt inspired by the speech.

The Democratic nominee for Vice President Tim Kaine is being presented as an honorary Latino, because when he was younger he spent a year in Honduras As a missionary. I think it would have been better to have a Latino politician for the nomination. And there are many that are qualified, but at least the Virginia senator is speaking in Spanish often at his campaign events. He used the phrase "estar listo" to describe Hillary Clinton in his speech in Philadelphia.

I want to think that with him the VP there will be less and less horrible experiences of people being humiliated for speaking Spanish at work, at school, and supermarkets.

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"Todos somos Americanos" said Kaine, a phrase in Spanish that leaders and Latino artists have said throughout the convention. I got emotional every time, although I just wanted to say, Americans are all born in the Americas, but that is another topic for another day.

I loved how all the Latinos on stage, the Sánchez sisters – both representatives from California– as well as their colleague Xavier Becerra, Illinois Representative Luis Gutiérrez, Texas senator Joaquín Castro and many more spoke "Spanglish" the way so many of us do. 

Although I am not Mexican, I loved to see the Mexican flag there. It didn't represent so much México as country but love for our Latino culture that we are passing to our kids. Can you imagine what would have happened at the Republican Convention if the Mexican flag showed up there?

As usual, she was flawless in a gorgeous Christian Siriano dress, one of the few Haute Couture designers that makes dresses for all sizes, and her whole speech was amazing. But here is the phrase that resonated more with me as a mamá latina. She was talking about how she and the President are raising their daughters in the aggresive political climate:

“We urge them to ignore those who question their father’s citizenship or faith. How we insist that the hateful language that they hear from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country. How we explain that when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don’t stoop to their level. No, our motto is, when they go low, we go high.”

So it's done. We have the first female with a good shot of becoming President of the United States. Obama had words to say when he asked Democrats to support her: 

"You know, nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office. You can read about it, you can study it, but until you've sat at that desk, you don't know what it's like to manage a global crisis or send young people to war. But Hillary's been in the room. She's been part of those decisions. She knows what's at stake in the decisions our government makes, what's at stake for the working family, for the senior citizen, the small business owner, for the soldier, for the veteran. And even in the midst of crisis, she listens to people and she keeps her cool, and she treats everybody with respect."

 "And no matter how daunting the odds, no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits. That is the Hillary I know. That's the Hillary I've come to admire, and that's why I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman, not me, not  Bill Clinton, nobody, more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States."

And as both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama said: "Don't Boo. Vote"