His speech was powerful because he incapsulated our community’s diverse American experience in a few stanzas,” Kumar told The Huffington Post. “He spoke to our truths, those of our parents and grandparents. He spoke out loud of a country that we deeply care about, contribute to, and sacrifice for but that at times “others” us. He spoke to our oral story that has yet been penned. We are American in a country whose future is dependent on our community’s success but doesn’t know it yet. As Junot said - we are its ‘Super Power.’ In an election year - where a candidate has campaigned by defining who is or isn’t American - Junot spoke to our struggle navigating this terrain while being prideful of our American-Latino heritage.