teen spotlight
photography by Lauren Childs
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17, Senior at Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School
notable
National Honor Society; Mu Alpha Theta; Technology Student
Association; Bridge Builders of Alabama Leadership Programs;
Athletic Excellence Award for Track and Field
how it began
The night of Mikala McCurry’s birth, doctors asked her dad to
make the heart-wrenching decision between saving his
hemorrhaging wife or their unborn child whose heart stopped
beating. Instead of choosing, he put his faith in God to save
them both. Thankfully, Mikala was born right at midnight.
“One of the doctors gave me a Bible afterwards because
medically…we both should’ve died,” her mom Tammie said.
Mikala’s name is Hawaiian for “a gift from God,” and she
plans to continue to live up to her name. “I want to be remembered as a person who made an impact on every person I came
in contact with,” she said.
Mikala is a leader and a servant within her community.
Outside of school, she’s participated in the Governor’