Mia, then ten, came to her parents in 2014 and asked how they might help other kids with cleft lips and palates. As a result, they started the nonprofit Mia Moo Fund with that specific goal in mind.
A post from January 31 on the Mia Moo Instagram describes the specifics of Mia’s most recent surgery. It was necessary to break her upper and lower jaws on opposite sides in order for them to “meet in the middle.”
The article stated, “This surgery is in hopes that Mia’s teeth and jaws will work normally in terms of chewing and speaking because her upper jaw stopped growing some years ago. She will also look extremely differently after healing.
