Story highlights Somoza is an advocate for Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Somoza was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia when she was born

(CNN) Anastasia Somoza stole the spotlight at the first night of the Democratic National Convention with a moving speech on Americans with disabilities.

Somoza was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia when she was born and uses a wheelchair. She responded to Donald Trump's apparent mocking of a New York Times reporter in November 2015.

"I fear the day we elect a president who defines being an American in the narrowest possible of terms, who shouts, bullies and profits off of the vulnerable Americans," she said.

"Donald Trump has shown us who he really he is. I honestly feel bad for anyone with that much hate in their heart."

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