Hello, my name is Taytum and I am from Southern California. I am so excited to be a part of Smile Train's Young Leadership Circle (YLC) Board.
My involvement with Smile Train started at a young age when I learned that my oldest brother was born with a cleft lip and palate. During high school, I was a Smile Train Student Ambassador, where I raised over $6,000 with my club organization, Share a Smile. In college, I was a member of Smile Train's Smile Impact Society (SIS), where I raised awareness for the condition and made letters/cards for cleft children. With recently graduating from UC Irvine, I am eager to continue fundraising and raising awareness for cleft lip and/or palate children through Smile Train. In the future, I aim to treat clefts as a physician assistant (PA).
What is Smile Train? Smile Train is an international children's charity with a sustainable approach to a single, solvable problem: cleft lip and/or palate. Many children with clefts around the world live in isolation, but more importantly, have difficulty eating, breathing, hearing, and speaking. Smile Train's sustainable model provides training, funding, and resources to empower local doctors in 70+ countries to provide lifesaving surgeries and comprehensive cleft care to their neighbors in need, 100% free.
Thank you for supporting my fundraiser with Smile Train – together we can change the world one smile at a time!
https://www.mysmiletrain.org/campaign/ylctaytum