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HER STORY Murray was the child of poor, drug-addicted, HIV-infected parents. She became homeless at age 15 when her mother died and her father moved to a shelter. Her life turned around when she began attending the Humanities Preparatory School in Greenwich Village. Though she started high school at a late age and remained without a stable home, she was able to graduate in two years. She was awarded a '' New York Times '' scholarship for needy students and accepted into Harvard for the fall of 2000 . Murray's life was the subject of the 2003 Made-for-TV Movie ''Homeless to Harvard - The Liz Murray Story'', which aired on Lifetime . Thora Birch played Liz. Murray had a part in the movie, playing a social worker and was also a co-executive producer. Murray's memoir '' Breaking Night '' was published by Hyperion Books in 2005 (ISBN 0786868910). EXTERNAL LINKS
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