Our Stories

“It's amazing what your cleft journey will do to your life when you embrace it.”

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

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. 

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.

Thanks to you, thousands of children will think of 2020 as the best year ever.

This cleft advocate has been changing lives since she was seven. 

When Chelsea learned Luca would be born with a cleft, she couldn't find a community to comfort her. So she started her own.

"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.