the 2010 wake up your spirit breakfast

Please join us on Wednesday, November 3rd for an inspirational breakfast!

Special Guest Speaker:

Liz Murray

Liz Murray

Exclusively Represented by the Washington Speakers Bureau

From homeless to Harvard...it is an unlikely turn of events.  Liz Murray's life is a triumph over adversity and a stunning example of the importance of dreaming big.  Murray's life as the child of cocaine-addicted parents in the Bronx was bitterly grim.  There was never food in the house, everything was filthy, drugs were everywhere and the welfare checks were spent before they arrived.

By age 15, Murray's mom had died and she was homeless - living on the streets, riding the subway all night and eating from dumpsters.  Amidst this pain, Murray always imagined her life could be much better than it was.  "I started to grasp the value of the lessons learned while living on the streets.  I knew, after overcoming those daily obstacles that next to nothing could hold me down."  Determined to take charge of her life, Murray finished high school in just two years while camping out in New York City parks and subway stations.

Murray's story is exhilarating and her delivery innocently honest, as she takes audiences on a very personal journey where she achieves the impossible.  Her story sounds like a Hollywood movie - and practically is.  Lifetime Television produced a movie about Murray's life story entitled From Homeless to Harvard, which premiered in April 2003. Murray is also the recipient of Oprah Winfrey's first ever Chutzpah Award and is currently writing her memoirs for Hyperion. 

Murray received her B.S. in Psychology from Harvard University in June 2009.