Our Stories

Crissy Maier is committed to advocating and raising awareness for cleft care everywhere

Three women help others by helping themselves with Team EMPOWER

A member of our grants management team puts his whole self into every half marathon for Team EMPOWER

The smiles her mother inspired will live on forever

How one family is using its blessings to be a blessing

Full Hearts. Full Marathons. Full Smiles.

Cleft Con's keynote speaker will leave you hopeful and inspired.

Our longest-tenured employee reflects on two decades of making smiles

The perfect tribute to a woman who knew just how to make everyone feel seen

In honor of World Smile Day®, Grace Murphy, an American teen with a cleft, shares her journey and what she's learned along the way.

This mom couldn't find any books for her daughter with a cleft. So she wrote her own.