Elissa Montanti

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Elissa Montanti, left, of the Global Medical Relief Fund, smiles with Janet Sylva during a press conference at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., on Thursday, March 9, 2017. Surgeons removed a 6-pound tumor that had been growing in the 12-year-old girl's mouth during a procedure at the medical center in January. The girl and her mother, who are from the West African nation of Gambia, were brought to the United States for the free surgery by the The Global Medical Relief Fund. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)