Smile Strong Alyssa Messick

Sorry for the wait, but they do say good things are worth waiting for which is definitely true when it comes to this episode! So many good things come up while I chat with Suzanne Santomieri She’s an amazing friend of mine, a cleft coordinator & author of a children’s book that portrays the cleft experience. Find Sharing Smiles here https://come-2-the-table.square.site/

Cleft Con was amazing! We will talk more about things that happened there, but first I sit down with my husband, John, and discuss the emotions he felt as a first and second-time cleft parent. He also mentions what he thought of Cleft Con.


*Note from the editor: Sorry about the background scratching. That will be fixed next episode!

I hope you're as excited as I am for this episode! Join me and my first-ever guest, Manny Ventura, as we talk about his mother's journey from the Dominican Republic to the US, his birth and upbringing as a child, and his own journey as someone born with a cleft.

Season 2 is all but here! There are big things planned for this season and I am sooo excited to share them with you. Join me as we continue to talk about the cleft journey and I chat with some of my friends who Smile Strong.

Today is the day! I am so excited to share and talk with you about my new course for cleft mamas. Today's episode talks a little bit about how I got here, why I started this resource, and maybe even some of the future plans for The Cleft Mom Resource.



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