Liz Murray

About Liz Murray

Motivational speaker and author who published the bestselling memoir, Breaking Night, which details her admission to Harvard University despite having been homeless during her teenage years. She is also an entrepreneur who started the Manifest Living organization.

Elizabeth Murray is an inspirational American speaker who stood out from her admission into Harvard University while homeless during her high school years. She is the recipient of the Alex Award in 2011

Education	Harvard University (BS), Columbia University (MS)
Occupation	Teacher, motivational speaker
Born	September 23, 1980, New York City, New York, U.S.

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Trivia

Determined to escape homelessness, she graduated from New York City's Humanities Preparatory Academy in just two years and subsequently attended Harvard University. Her sister similarly escaped poverty, earning a degree from Purchase College and becoming a special education teacher.

Liz Murray before fame

She was born in the Bronx, New York, to parents who were addicted to drugs. She and her HIV-positive father were homeless after her mother died of AIDS-related complications.

Achievement of Liz Murray

She entered Harvard University after graduating from New York City's Humanities Preparatory Academy in just two years, determined to overcome homelessness. Her sister, too, rose from hardship to become a special education teacher after getting a degree from Purchase College.

Salary 2020

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Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Liz Murray family life

Her marriage to James Scanlon resulted in a son named Liam and a daughter named Maya Jean.

Associations of Liz Murray

In the 2003 made-for-television film Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, actress Thora Birch played her.

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