Liz Murray

American psychologist and writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1980 · age 46

Elizabeth Murray is an American memoirist and inspirational speaker who is notable for having been accepted by Harvard University despite being homeless in her high school years. Her life story was chronicled in Lifetime's television film Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003).

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2021“The problem may be huge, but your job is not to fix the entire problem. It’s to do what you can with what you have.”In their words17 October 2021Liz Murray to speak at Mission Services of London banquet in November globalnewsRead the whole statement

2018“The fork in the road happens over a hundred times a day, and it’s the choices that you make that will determine the shape of your life.”In their words16 April 2018BEYOUROWNICON: LIZ MURRAY American SunglassRead the whole statement

2010“I was one of those people on the streets you walk away from.”In their words26 September 2010Liz Murray: 'My parents were desperate drug addicts. I'm a Harvard graduate' The GuardianRead the whole statement

1980Born23 September 1980

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I learned from that time period that, even though the past is always kind of right there, you can decide to start over with a loved one.
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We ate ice cubes because it felt like eating. We split a tube of toothpaste between us for dinner.
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Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams that my time was now or maybe never.
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Murray's memoir Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard, published in 2010 is a New York Times Bestseller.

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