World Changers

Kaiden started his charitable work in the womb! Before Kaiden was born his parents learned that he would be born with a facial deformity, a cleft lip/palate. Kaiden’s parents decided to take what could be a sad situation and turned it into a positive life changing effort.

He has been working along side his mom, dad and older sister since he was just a baby. Kaiden is now 7 years old and has become an advocate for children with facial deformities. He loves to share the story of his “scar.” Kaiden enjoys all sports but is passionate about baseball and Kids 4 Smiles!

Keira, age 11, is a proud ambassador for Kids 4 Smiles. She has been participating in charitable work since she was 4 years old. Keira became passionate about helping others when her little brother, Kaiden, was born with a cleft lip. She has helped raise donations along side her parents for many years and is so excited to join Kids 4 Smiles. Keira is also a straight A student, soccer player and gymnast.

Rosha is 14 years old resides in Frisco. She attends Mary Immaculate Catholic School in Farmers Branch. Outside of school, she enjoys playing the piano and trains for competitive swimming. At school, she is part of the Speech Team, and she was a member of the winning JV swim team. On her spare time, she enjoys educating herself about different cultures and world history. She is athletic and enjoys seeing the world through traveling with family and experiencing different cultures.

Nika is 12 years old and she also attends May Immaculate Catholic School in Farmers Branch. Just like her older sister, she plays the piano and trains for competitive swimming. She participates on the Speech Team at school as well and she was a member of the winning JV swim team at her school. On her free time, she enjoys reading, doing various art projects, and making legos or puzzles.

Antonio will turn 5 in August. Antonio was born in Dallas, Texas.  He is a very active boy, and obsessed with soccer and dogs. At his young age, he already has a sense of social responsibility and helping others. Before he started Pre-K full-time, he volunteered at Windsor Senior home in Dallas every month on a program called Myrna and Me. The purpose of the program is to facilitate play dates between seniors and children. Most seniors that participate are in Memory Care and they look forward to the play-dates every week. Antonio would attend and interact with the residents, sing, play sports, or build blocks with them.

Antonio is proud of his multi-cultured heritage, since his father is from Madrid, Spain and his mother is Guatemalan. They travel to Spain and Guatemala every year to visit family. When in Guatemala, which is a poor country, Antonio participates with his grandparents to bring toys to children in need.

Ana turned 3 in May. She was born in Dallas, Texas. She is a sweet girl who loves ballet, swimming and elephants. Ana, with her older brother Antonio, have volunteered to help others since they were young. Ana joined the Myrna and Me program at Windsor Senior home in Dallas and participated every month in play dates with the residents.

When Ana travels to visit her family in Guatemala for Christmas, she also participates giving toys to children in need.