Stories From Our Community

Growing up with a facial difference in Colombia, I always wished for a support system. I never dreamed that I would find one 27 years later ...

Growing up, I dreamt of a career working with children and making a real impact on their lives. My recent experience volunteering as a leader ...

I used to hide under my hair. I wanted to stay unseen. In the past few years, that has completely changed. In 2019, I stepped out ...

I read about the call-out to participate in the Beyond My Face awareness video through social media, and I jumped at the opportunity. I wanted ...

Hello! I am Alexis from St. John’s, NL, and I just turned 11. I love being active: I do aerials, gymnastics, horseback riding and track, ...

Being introduced to Camp Trailblazers in my early teens was life changing. Growing up with a cleft lip and palate, I was lucky to have ...

People have always called me an open book. I am told that I am authentic, with no pretense or mask of perfection. And people seem ...

The concept of beauty – how society perceives it and what it truly is – is something I have spent many years exploring, for two reasons. The ...

Living with Treacher Collins Syndrome has presented me with many challenges. However, I have also received many opportunities and gifts that might not have come ...

I was born with Crouzon Syndrome.  Throughout my entire life, I have been treated differently because of the way I look. People think that because ...