Gildiana Soza, the 6-year-old Hialeah Gardens girl who received media attention during her arduous two-year battle with brain cancer, died Saturday afternoon.

Gildiana, who arrived in the U.S. at the age of 2, was recently treated to a $1,000 shopping spree at a Wal-Mart Supercenter and dressed like a princess, thanks to the Kids Wish Network.

Gildiana died at Camillus House, where she and her family had been staying since her mother was evicted from her Miami Beach apartment in 2008. Diana Hislop-Soza cared for her daughter alone after she was abandoned by her husband following their daughter's diagnosis in June 2007, family spokeswoman Miriam Rodriguez said.

The girl's first tumor was discovered when she was 3. She went through surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and a bone-marrow transplant as doctors tried to stop two other developing brain tumors. The Sozas welcome donations for the funeral, which will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 at Florida Funeral Home & Crematory, 1495 NW 17th Ave., Miami. A service will take place at 11 a.m. the next day at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 3716 Garden Ave., Miami Beach. Donors may call 786-499-0112.

-- JOSE PAGLIERY