<P> Murray 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 . She returned to Harvard 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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