Our Stories

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

With GSK, we're providing oral health training to support children with clefts.

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. 

Talking celebrities and staying grounded with Smile Train’s Senior Director of PR.

Building a sustainable, local foundation for success in our newest partner country.

Mathias Kiwanuka knows the true meaning of greatness.

A conversation with one of our heroes.

A mother’s account of her child’s journey to cleft care in her own words.

She's 36 years old, a mother of four, Zambia's first female plastic surgeon, and a Smile Train partner. Here's how she does it all.

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.

Dedicated Smile Train partners in Nigeria are taking to the streets to educate about clefts.