7TH OF THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE.

HER NAME IS LIZ MURRAY:
FROM HOMELESS TO HARVARD!
Elizabeth Liz Murray was born september 23,1980 the Bronx, New york, to poor, drug-addicted,
HIV-infected parents.
She became homeless just after she turned
15,when her mother
died of AIDS,and her father moved to a homeless shelter.
Murray's life turned around when she began attending the Humanities preparatory Academy in Chelsea,Manhalla.
Though she started high school later than most students,and remained without a stable home
while
supporting herself and her sister, Murray graduated in only 2 years.
She was awarded a

New York Times scholarship for needy students and accepted
into Harvard Univer$ity, matriculating in the fall semester of 2000.
She left Harvard in 2003 to care
for her sick
father;
she resumed her education @ Columbia Univer$ity to be closer to him until 2006
when he died of AIDS.
As of May 2008,she was
back was @ Harvard working towards her degree in Psychology. She is today, a graduate.
Her life became a movie in 2003 & she
now works as a professional speaker, representing
the Washington speakers Bureau. That same gutsy strength that pulled
her from the streets now transforms the lives of others,from
student group to business audiences in of inspiration to
overcome their own obstacles.