Liz Murray was a child of drug and alcoholic abusive parents. She is now an inspirational speaker and publishing author. Her life was not always easy. She and her sister grew up in New York City fighting constantly against their parents. “We had drug addiction like a wrecking ball tearing through our family,” Liz says as she talks about going from “homeless to Harvard”. At just 16 years old, she became homeless. Her sister moved in with a friend, but she was left alone to sleep on park benches and 24- hour underground trains. Stealing food and self-help books just to eat and study. This was the result of her mother’s death from HIV and AIDS. Although she eventually dropped out, that still didn’t stop her from achieving lifelong goals.
