![Miran sits on the ground](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-03/mirian-sits-in-dress.jpg?itok=pr3JQvYq)
A Warrior at Heart
At one month old, Mirian weighed just four pounds. Five months later, with the support of our local partners, she had transformed into a happy, chubby baby.
![Cristian with dog](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/cristiang-w-dog.jpg?itok=zBHvC1e8)
Healing Heartbreak with a Smile (Dogs Help, Too)
Angelica was 15 years old, single, and had just given birth to a baby with a cleft. All she knew about clefts was how she had seen people with them harassed without mercy. But she promised to never give up on the little life before her.
![Mohammad before Cleft Lip Surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/mohammad-before-cleft-lip-surgery.jpg?itok=SssebofU)
A Smile 40 Years In The Making: A Rohingya Refugee’s Journey
Though Mohammad's future is uncertain, Smile Train has given him hope.
![Andrea in smile train scrubs](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/andrea-in-smile-train-scrubs.jpg?itok=hgVo5Es2)
Treating the Whole Child in Ecuador
Meet the brother-sister duo transforming cleft care in the mountains of Ecuador.
![Charles with two kids](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/charles-with-kids.jpg?itok=PQxqcT3J)
![San with his dad](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/san-and-dad.jpg?itok=_wNpxIeX)
![Priya Desai Smile Train](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/priya-headshot.jpg?itok=x62XbDOi)
Staff Spotlight: Priya Desai
Priya Desai, Smile Train’s Director of Strategy and Evaluation talks about what motivated her to join Smile Train.
![Cristina Solano](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/cristina-solano-headshot.jpg?itok=NNjUF_9z)
![Fernanda and cow](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/fernanda-and-cow.jpg?itok=MQ4WpgzD)
Fernanda: The Jolly Rancher
Wendy was 17, single, and scared. She had just had a baby with a cleft, and any help seemed far, far away from her family's ranch in the remote Andes highlands. But Smile Train was there.
![Ei's mom](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/ei-mom-alone.jpg?itok=kb5odpnF)
![Shakera with patient](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/shakera-with-patient.jpg?itok=EvlvtVs1)