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Jun 7, 2022

From Big City Streets to Kenyan Communities

Crissy Maier is committed to advocating and raising awareness for cleft care everywhere

United States

Feb 24, 2022

How Lisa Fast Turned Tragedy Into More Life for Children in Need

The smiles her mother inspired will live on forever

Langdon, Finley, and Addie after Finley's early surgeries

United States

Feb 15, 2022

The Holzmans Turn Grapes into Grins

How one family is using its blessings to be a blessing

United States

Jan 6, 2022

The Mollettes Don’t Do Things Halfway

Full Hearts. Full Marathons. Full Smiles.

United States

Nov 23, 2021

At Cleft Con 2021, Vulnerability is Strength

“It's amazing what your cleft journey will do to your life when you embrace it.”

Grace Murphy smiles against a colorful wall

United States

Oct 1, 2021

My Cleft Journey - Grace Murphy

In honor of World Smile Day®, Grace Murphy, an American teen with a cleft, shares her journey and what she's learned along the way.

United States

Sep 23, 2021

The Adventures of Norah… and Sasha

This mom couldn't find any books for her daughter with a cleft. So she wrote her own.

The Chan, Fiddes, Ihnken, Mentgen, and Reeser families.

United States

Aug 31, 2021

Cleft Proud. Peoria Proud.

These boys’ smiles are one in ten million.

Kenyan Drake huddles with Smile Train patients in Mexico

United States

Aug 26, 2021

Kenyan Drake: NFL Star, Smile Maker

The Las Vegas Raider’s surprisingly personal connection to cleft care.

United States

Jul 9, 2021

In honor of Cleft Awareness Month 2021, Smile Train's Cleft Community Advisory Council presents real-life stories of growing up with a cleft or being the mom to a child with a cleft from people who have been there.

United States

May 21, 2021

California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) Students Turn Crisis into Smiles

How one chapter of Smile Train’s Smile Impact Society made 2020 its most lucrative year yet.

Iva as a girl before cleft surgery and now.

United States

May 21, 2021

How Iva Found Joy in Her Cleft

“You may have a disability, but you never have to let your disability have you.”

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