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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
![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”
![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.
![Dr. Maria Campodónico, a pediatric dentist at Fundación Gantz, makes a heart with her hands](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-06/amaro-maria-campodonico-pediatric-dentist-fundacion-gantz-free-cleft-lip-cleft-palate-surgery-chile-smile-train.jpg?itok=IBF14cpT)
United States
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
![Kenyan Drake and Mathias Kiwanuka pose with a Smile Train patient in Argentina](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/kenyan-drake-las-vegas-raiders-mathias-kiwanuka-smile-train-argentina-benicio-muscles.jpg?itok=BEf51ylR)
United States
Kenyan Drake and Mathias Kiwanuka Put Their Hustle to Work for Smile Train Patients
When it comes to helping children smile, there is no offseason
![Krysta with her son holding a Smile Train sign](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-02/smile-fest-krista.jpg?itok=jLnKZMQL)
United States
"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
From Big City Streets to Kenyan Communities
Crissy Maier is committed to advocating and raising awareness for cleft care everywhere
![Monica Bush with her family at the beach](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/monica-bush-with-family-cleft-lip-palate-care-indiana-america-smile-train-community.jpg?itok=qhUYDREo)
United States
Monica Bush: Confessions of a Cleft Mom
Cleft-affected and feeling alone? Read this.