The National Council of La Raza is in Orlando this weekend with leaders from Washington speaking about issues in the Latino community.

  • The Latino community comes out to La Raza event to learn about opportunities
  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren encourages crowd to vote in this election

"I'm very proud of being Hispanic and having a Latina mom this is for everyone out there everyone who's Hispanic and Latin," Alejandra Liberio, a participant said.

It's Liberio and her family's first time here at the National Council of La Raza convention and like many they're taking advantage of everything it has to offer, including finding work.

For some, it is not easy finding employment.

"Yes it's a little bit hard because I have a lot of experience in various things and it's very hard now. Hopefully I'm going to find something," Fatima Heredia, another participant, said.

More than 100 vendors lined down the convention center.

From jobs to health care to making sure participants register to vote, the event focuses on awarding the Latino community with opportunities.

"Because we came here to the United States, there's something called 'an American Dream' and maybe our countries don't offer it, but we came here to America because we want to accomplish that dream and be successful," said Liberio.

That's why Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren spoke to a crowd of hundreds trying to motivate participants to make sure they vote this election.

"This is not the life we need for our future full of hatred. We are here because we know we can do better for opportunities for all of our kids," Warren said to the crowd.

Warren told the crowd that they won't allow Donald trump to build a wall between Mexico and the United States as he's said he’d like to do. Despite not being chosen as Hillary Clinton’s running mate, she said she fully supports the Democratic candidate.

Beyond the political sphere, these families say they came to walk away better prepared for their future.

"We are here to be united and we as Latinos and Latinas we have pride in ourselves and we want to help the community," said Liberio.

The event runs through Monday, July 25.