From Patient to Caregiver: Angieleca Hayahay's Story
She's a highly sought-out nurse who uses her own experiences to comfort cleft patients and their families.
Angieleca was refused a job at a call center because of that company’s strict anti-cleft hiring policy.
But Angieleca persevered and became a nurse in 2009, working with Philippine Band of Mercy, the very same people who, with the help of Smile Train, repaired her cleft and inspired her to become a nurse.
Angieleca has become a highly sought nurse who uses her own experiences to comfort cleft patients and their families.
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as of February 2023
64,000+
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80+
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125+
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