Our Stories

Christine Errico’s cleft journey inspires advocacy at home and abroad

Facing unprecedented uncertainty, a young family found hope with Smile Train

Supporters experience Smile Train in action

When Vivian started school, the kids laughed at her so much she didn't want to live. Then she met someone who told her she should become a model. 

Dr. Ingrid Leal lends her expertise to improve nutrition programs in the Philippines

Nurse Celeste always tried to avoid working with the babies with clefts in her neonatal ward because she felt unable to meet their needs. Then her son was born with a cleft.

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

Meet the brother-sister duo transforming cleft care in the mountains of Ecuador.

Gracee was born with a cleft lip and palate in the Philippines and she was incessantly bullied growing up.