Students Valerie Canavaggio of Panama, left, and Ali Wray of Virginia, right, play with some patients during screening on Operation Smile's mission to Vung Tau, Vietnam, at the Le Loi Hospital in May 2004. (Operation Smile Photo - Marc Ascher)
Luchi Amaro, a student leader, holds a patient during Operation Smile's second trip to Qena, Egypt, in Nov. 2007. It was the first trip to the new Qena One Day Surgery Center. (Operation Smile Photo - Tyler Barrick)
Elexa Ruth, a student leader from NYC, with Realyn Grace Pilapil, at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu, the Philippines in Feb. 2006. (Operation Smile Photo – Marc Ascher)
Matt Crnkovich of N.J. carries a patient to an operating room in Fortaleza, Brazil, in 2006. The mission was the 10 year anniversary of Operation Smile's work in Brazil. (Operation Smile Photo - Marc Ascher)