United States Sep 27, 2022 Voices From the First-Ever In-Person Cleft Con “It truly felt like we all needed it — as though it fed our souls”
United States Aug 10, 2022 Nathalie Martinez is Using Her Voice to Make Cleft Treatment More Accessible A powerful reminder that there’s no such thing as “normal”
United States Jul 29, 2022 Teresa Bridges: Love Yourself and Respect Others There is nothing more important for parents to teach.
United States Jul 25, 2022 Five Myths About Clefts That Couldn't Be More Wrong Fact: A cleft is never anyone's fault and often requires a lifetime of comprehensive treatment
United States Jul 8, 2022 "Do's and Don’ts" of the Cleft Community That Remind Us “Every Smile Has a Story.” Advice straight from people who have been there
United States 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 May 25, 2022 Monica Bush: Confessions of a Cleft Mom Cleft-affected and feeling alone? Read this.
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.”
United States Jul 9, 2021 What My Cleft Taught Me 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 How Iva Found Joy in Her Cleft “You may have a disability, but you never have to let your disability have you.”
United States Jan 4, 2021 Thank You For Giving Us Something To Smile About In 2020 Thanks to you, thousands of children will think of 2020 as the best year ever.
United States Dec 11, 2020 Why Hema Smiles No Matter What When Hema was 12 years old, she learned that not everyone born with a cleft received the care she did. She decided right then to change that.