--- title: America Ferrera: 'Clinton Inspires The Hell Out of Me' description: America Ferrera wrote in Latina magazine about why she is voting for Hillary Clinton in the upcoming election. canonical: https://time.com/4556215/america-ferrera-hillary-clinton/ author: Megan Lasher article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-03T14:25:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:45.545Z og:title: America Ferrera: Hillary Clinton 'Inspires The Hell Out of Me' og:description: The actress speaks out about what drew her to the Democratic nominee og:url: https://time.com/4556215/america-ferrera-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53703d3de5cc0554/6988accae20a87465ba93121/america-ferrera-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NBC And Vanity Fair Toast the 2016-2017 TV Season - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: America Ferrera: Hillary Clinton 'Inspires The Hell Out of Me' twitter:description: The actress speaks out about what drew her to the Democratic nominee twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53703d3de5cc0554/6988accae20a87465ba93121/america-ferrera-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # America Ferrera: 'Hillary Clinton Thrills and Inspires The Hell Out of Me' by [Megan Lasher](https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Nov 3, 2016 2:25 PM UTC  Actress America Ferrera attends the NBC and Vanity Fair toast to the 2016-2017 TV season at NeueHouse Hollywood on November 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Actress America Ferrera attends the NBC and Vanity Fair toast to the 2016-2017 TV season at NeueHouse Hollywood on November 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Megan Lasher](https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Nov 3, 2016 2:25 PM UTC From [Tracee Ellis Ross](http://motto.time.com/4554680/tracee-ellis-ross-hillary-clinton/) to Katy Perry and Lena Dunham, Hillary Clinton has her fair share of famous fans. Now, another unapologetic HRC supporter just penned a moving essay about why she’s voting for the former Secretary of State. America Ferrera, who has campaigned for Clinton and [spoke onstage at the Democratic National Convention](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc8cFLME2Qw) earlier this year, [wrote in _Latina_ magazine](http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/politics/hillary-clinton-thrills-america-ferrera) that Clinton “thrills and inspires the hell out of” her. “I am a first-generation American, millennial, female voter who is not only voting for Clinton but also really likes her,” [Ferrera](http://motto.time.com/4367123/america-ferrara-men-ugly-character/) wrote. “She’s the kind of woman I’d share a bottle of wine with. Maybe this is my vagina’s fault, but maybe I really heart Hillary because I was raised by a single mother who woke up every day and did the unglamorous and grueling work of providing for her six children.” The 32-year-old star also touched upon some of Clinton’s background on two issues that are close to her heart heart: education and [immigration](http://motto.time.com/4463063/miss-universe-vote-donald-trump/). “\[Hillary Clinton\] has fought for early childhood education so that a kid like me, growing up in the public school system, doesn’t fall behind before she even gets the chance to begin,” Ferrera said. “Maybe Hillary is my candidate because as a longtime ally in the battle for comprehensive immigration reform, she co-sponsored Ted Kennedy’s immigration reform bill — a bill Bernie Sanders voted against in 2007.” And Ferrera wasn’t afraid to acknowledge [her vagenda](http://motto.time.com/4469139/hillary-clinton-vagenda/), but was quick to assert that she’s not just supporting Hillary Clinton because she wants to see a woman in the Oval Office. “Yes, I think it’s pretty awesome that Hillary Clinton is a woman. But if you showed me a purple-faced, three-eyed Martian with a better record on defending women’s rights, fighting for the most vulnerable families and working across party lines to actually get things done, then I would be stumping for that purple-faced, three-eyed Martian. But the fact is no candidate in this presidential election comes close to Hillary when it comes to standing with disenfranchised communities.” Read the full piece at [Latina.com](http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/politics/hillary-clinton-thrills-america-ferrera) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4556215/america-ferrera-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4556215/america-ferrera-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"America Ferrera: 'Hillary Clinton Thrills and Inspires The Hell Out of Me'","datePublished":"2016-11-03T14:25:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:45.545Z","description":"The actress speaks out about what drew her to the Democratic nominee","url":"https://time.com/4556215/america-ferrera-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53703d3de5cc0554/6988accae20a87465ba93121/america-ferrera-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Lasher","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53703d3de5cc0554/6988accae20a87465ba93121/america-ferrera-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NBC And Vanity Fair Toast the 2016-2017 TV Season - Arrivals","caption":"Actress America Ferrera attends the NBC and Vanity Fair toast to the 2016-2017 TV season at NeueHouse Hollywood on November 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4556215/america-ferrera-hillary-clinton/","name":"America Ferrera: 'Hillary Clinton Thrills and Inspires The Hell Out of Me'"}}]}] ```