Milagros Sticks the Landing

She nearly didn’t survive infancy. Now she’s queen of the rink.

Milagros in her skates
Milagros baby picture

Milagros’s cleft made her choke every time she tried to nurse. Her parents felt helpless and terrified as their baby wasted away before them.

Milagros before cleft palate surgery

Desperate, they visited every hospital in Buenos Aires, only to be turned away because they had no money.

Then they found their local Smile Train partner, where Milagros received two free life-changing cleft surgeries.

Milagros gives thumbs up

Now that she no longer had to worry about surviving, Milagros could focus on thriving. She discovered her passion when she was only six years old: Artistic roller skating.

Milagros gets dental treatment

Off the rink, her local cleft team continues to be there for her, building her confidence with free, personalized orthodontics, dentistry, and speech therapy.

Milagros Smiling in Braces

Now nothing can hold Milagros back because she knows that even when life gets wobbly, she can still stick the landing.

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