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![Ella as a girl and today](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-12/ella-50.jpg?itok=6W99mtov)
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When Life Gave Them a Cleft, Ella and Her Family Made Lemonade
And raised more than $475,000 for Smile Train over 16 years
![Linda Morris](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-11/linda-50_0.jpg?itok=NWY5qZvR)
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Linda Morris: Cleft Rebel
She’s wanted in three states — as the best speech therapist around
![Priya with a Smile Train patient in India](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-08/priya-50.jpg?itok=peVL9e2P)
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Priya Desai: A Positive Disruptive Force in Global Health
A peek at life at the intersection of math and magic
![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
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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
![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)
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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”
![Beatriz Gonzalez at Smile Train HQ in New York](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/beatriz-gonzalez-cfo-smile-train-nonprofit-finances-50.jpg?itok=-QkD0Rb1)
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Why Smile Train Banks On Beatriz
"My priority is always my allegiance to all of our constituents. Always."
![Susie Schaefer speaking upon receiving her honorary doctorate from SUNY Oswego](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/susie-schaefer-speaking-doctorate-suny-oswego-smile-train_0.jpg?itok=OycgSAqU)
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Susannah Schaefer Receives Honorary Doctorate from SUNY
Degree recognizes a career of leadership, vision, and smiles
![Eric Rosenheim-Patton running the New York Half Marathon in April 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-04/eric-rosenheim-patton-new-york-half-marathon-team-empower-smile-train-50.jpg?itok=Y_Xe-I3F)
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Eric Hustles for Smiles All Day
A member of our grants management team puts his whole self into every half marathon for Team EMPOWER