9-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Milana Price Among Birmingham’s StrongHer Honorees

By Chanda Temple | birminghamal.gov Nine-year-old honoree Milana Price during the unveiling of the StrongHer art exhibit last Friday on the second-floor lobby of Birmingham City Hall. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times) Milana “LaLa” Price was 4 years old when a medical report shook her family to its core: she had a rare form of lung cancer, and half of her right lung and the mass behind it had to be removed. There were questions about how Milana would be after the surgery. But at just 4 years old, the Birmingham native assured her mother that things would be OK. And they were. Two of Milana’s drawings are featured in the first-ever StrongHer exhibit on the second floor of Birmingham City Hall. The exhibit, which features inspirational quotes to go with each piece, opened on March 8, which is International Women’s Day and will be on display through mid-April. In 2019, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin launched the StrongHer initiative to honor the unsung women who live, work, volunteer, or attend school in Birmingham and the outstanding work they do in our community. Milana is one of the youngest honorees. Doctors caught Milana’s cancer before radiation was necessary, and Milana...