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Liz Murray is an American teacher, motivational speaker, and author. She is best known for her memoir Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard, which was adapted into a Lifetime television movie in 2010. Murray was born in the Bronx, New York, on September 23, 1980. She was raised by her mother, an Irish immigrant, and her father, a Puerto Rican immigrant. Her parents were both drug addicts, and Murray was homeless by the age of 15. Despite her difficult upbringing, Murray was determined to succeed. She earned her GED in 1998 and was accepted to Harvard University in 2001. She graduated from Harvard in 2005 with a degree in psychology. Murray has since become a motivational speaker and teacher. She has spoken at numerous events, including the United Nations, TEDx, and the White House. She has also written two books, Breaking Night and Now I See the Moon. Murray currently lives in New York City with her husband and two children.

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Occupation Teacher, motivational speaker
Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 23 September, 1980
Birthday 23 September
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Her husband is James Scanlon

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2013

On May 19, 2013, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of public service and gave the commencement address at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.

2003

She is the founder and director of Manifest Living and a motivational speaker. A made-for-TV film about Murray's life Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, was released in 2003. Liz Murray's New York Times (US) and Sunday Times (UK) bestselling memoir "Breaking Night" was released in September 2010.

1980

Elizabeth Murray (born (1980-09-23 ) September 23, 1980) is an American inspirational speaker who is notable for having been accepted by Harvard University despite being homeless in her high school years. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards.

She was born in the Bronx, New York, on September 23, 1980, to poor and drug-addicted parents, both of whom would later contract HIV. She became homeless just after she turned 15, when her mother died of AIDS in 1996, and her father moved to a homeless shelter. Despite her late high school start and lack of a stable home, Murray began attending the Humanities Preparatory Academy in Chelsea, Manhattan, graduating in two years. She was awarded a New York Times scholarship for needy students and was accepted into Harvard University, matriculating in the fall semester of 2000. Her older sister Lisa graduated from Purchase College in New York State and is a school teacher for children with autism. After leaving Harvard in 2003 to care for her ailing father, Liz Murray returned to the university in 2006 and graduated in June 2009. As of August 2009, she began taking graduate courses at Harvard Summer School with plans to earn a doctorate in clinical psychology and become a counselor.

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