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![Candace Mauck and Troy Reinhart smiling at a Team Empower event](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-01/candace-50.jpg?itok=ribx9Vxp)
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My Marathon Summer
Our Manager of Team EMPOWER reflects on three marathons in three weeks
United States
Cleft Con 2022: Introducing the #CleftProud Generation
From the NFL to high schools across the country, today’s young people with clefts are proud and unstoppable
United States
Sadie’s Eternal Smile
How one mom honored her daughter’s life by giving smiles to generations of children around the world
![Jim Rowe running in a triathlon in September 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-11/jim-50-50.jpg?itok=miW1IvWk)
United States
This Pastor and Triathlete with a Cleft Knows the Meaning of Endurance
Jim Rowe shares a truth it took him nearly 40 years to internalize
![Craig Bachrodt running the Leadville 100](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-10/craig-bachrodt-run-100-for-moms-smile-train-running.jpg?itok=6oFI1MlD)
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“I Found My ‘Why’”: Craig Bachrodt Runs 100 Miles in 29 Hours in Honor of Moms
An unforgettable story of grit, guts, and determination
![Marciel with Ernie, Jr. and Ermalen before their cleft surgeries](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-10/pacatang-free-cleft-surgery-philippines-50.jpg?itok=t0vB0XJq)
Philippines
Maricel: Both My Daughters Have Clefts and I Consider Myself the Luckiest Mom on Earth
One mother’s cleft journey in her own words
![A mother feeding her underweight baby with a cleft in Tanzania](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-10/ihme-cleft-malnutrition-study-smile-train-nutrition-support-50.jpg?itok=oDoQqvUm)
United States
Smile Train-Commissioned Study Reveals Deadly Reality of Malnutrition and Clefts
New study reveals nearly HALF of malnutrition-related deaths in people with clefts could have been prevented with access to adequate treatment and support
![YLC co-chair Lou Jug speaks at Cleft Con Chicago in July](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/cleft-con-chicago-smile-train.jpg?itok=cbzyIF2y)
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Voices From the First-Ever In-Person Cleft Con
“It truly felt like we all needed it — as though it fed our souls”
![Nathalie as a girl](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-08/nathalie-martinez-cleft-lip-palate-community-girl-50.jpg?itok=tpanAGTP)
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Nathalie Martinez is Using Her Voice to Make Cleft Treatment More Accessible
A powerful reminder that there’s no such thing as “normal”
![Teresa at 11 years old](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/teresa-eleven-years-old_2.jpg?itok=zYDB7bBl)
United States
Teresa Bridges: Love Yourself and Respect Others
There is nothing more important for parents to teach.
![Tara Blanco](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/tara-today-header.jpg?itok=f-ak2qBR)
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Tara Blanco: "Whatever Your Kid Dreams Of Being, They Can Still Be That."
How this speech therapist is using her experiences to pave the way for children with clefts.