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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)
United States
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
![Torrey DeVitto, Susie Schaeffer, and Harnaaz Sandhu posing together at Kendra Scott on Giving Tuesday](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-12/kendra-scott-smile-train-giving-tuesday-torrey-devitto-susie-schaeffer-harnaaz-sandhu.jpg?itok=u_Ad4ZiW)
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Smile Train Partners with Kendra Scott for the Classiest Giving Tuesday Event in New York
A night of sips, sweets, and smiles in SoHo
![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)
United States
Voices From the First-Ever In-Person Cleft Con
“It truly felt like we all needed it — as though it fed our souls”
![Miranda picking strawberries with her step-children](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/lisa-boucher-miranda-50.jpg?itok=8mxf6UpB)
United States
Reflections from Lisa Boucher, RN and Cleft Mom
“It was unnerving at first to sit holding my infant in a small room surrounded by physicians. The only thing missing was a spotlight.”
![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)
United States
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.