Seven-year-old Aria loves her snuggle buddies, Piggie and Sheepie, who accompanied her to her first surgery.  She is very creative and compassionate making beds for her babies out of any little nook in the house.  She is also very thoughtful of others and makes them feel comfortable and welcome.  Aria is the second oldest of four girls and she greatly enjoys being a big sister to her younger two sisters.

Aria was born with a cleft palate and had her first surgery at 10 months old to create a palate for her.  She had a second surgery at age 2 to revise the palate repair.  She still struggles with her speech and physically cannot make certain sounds without speech therapy help which makes her shy because of her frustration with others not understanding her.

Speech Therapy - $5000