Kristen Kanerva Richards, RN
Kristen is a founding board member of Faces of Tomorrow. She is a Nurse Practitioner student at the University of California, San Francisco. Fluent in Spanish, Kristen is able to communicate with the Latin community she is dedicated to helping. Kristen works at a bilingual family practice clinic in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco and the Maternal Child Health Department at Marin General Hospital.
She was a health volunteer for the Peace Corps in Ecuador from 2001-2003 where she lived and worked in a rural community in the Amazon Basin. Her experience includes over eleven years of international travel and service on medical missions around the world including Faces of Tomorrow missions to Ecuador.
Faces of Tomorrow In the Press
An American Surgical Team, named Faces of Tomorrow (FOT), came to Tagbilaran City last January 14 to render free surgical services to Boholano children with facial deformities.
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Patient Stories
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Marvin Contiri
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17 year old Marvin Contiri came to our screening clinic in 2011 to have his bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate repaired and unfortunately we had to turn him away. He learned about the mission late and by the time he arrived our schedule was jam packed and we could not take any more patients. He returned in 2012 and this was his year. -
Aireen - A Promise Kept
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During our 2011 mission to the Philippines we met 19 year old Irene. Irene has a severe cleft lip and palate. She also suffers from various neurological deficits leaving her severely delayed. She came to us with many family members as supporters. Our doctors examined her and as a team decided it would not be safe to operate on her because of unknown health risks. -
Kyle Patrick - Captain America
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11 year old Patrick "Captain America" touched the heart of every member of our team. He arrived at our clinic wearing a Captain America t-shirt and to our surprise speaking freely in English to our team. It was really special being able to communicate with him directly.
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