Our Stories

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

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Inside and outside the operating room, Dr. Elizabeth Igaga is fighting to make anesthesia and surgery safer for every patient. 

How Jasmine went from fear and self-doubt upon receiving the news that her baby would have a cleft to raising a six-year-old who is #CleftProud.

While other cleft organizations’ operations were indefinitely suspended or severely cut back, Smile Train was able to keep moving.

Thanks to Dr. Cuadros — and Smile Train — having a cleft on the Navajo reservations of New Mexico is no longer a sentence to a life of isolation and sickness.

Magaly is the mother of David, age five, a Smile Train patient in Quito, Ecuador. She shared with us her son’s journey to cleft care and what Smile Train has meant for her entire family.

"Being born “different” is exactly why you should achieve big goals and be full of confidence."

How Smile Train helped Grace go from a girl looking for answers to global cleft hero.

It's past time to rethink the mission model of cleft care.

How one man built a legacy of smiles that will last for generations — on both sides of the operating table.