Vectorize white on transparant image

Hello,
I have to create a logo to be printed on clothing.
This had to be done from a vector image.
The logo is white on a transparent background. Unfortunately Illustrator only recognizes the shadow from some text that isn't white and ignores the white image and white parts of the text.
How can you vectorize a PNG image that is white and has a transparent background as there is no answer to be found and for someone used to bitmaps/raster Illustrator is hell on earth.
Thank you in advance.

Manually trace it with the Pen tool which is the preferred way. One way to get around this would be to open the PNG in Photoshop, select the white areas and change the color to something else for tracing purposes only.

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