Liz Murray

Today in my College Success class we watched a video clip that was supposed to inspire us, and to instill the thought of making goals. I of course did not mind watching a video, so watching the video I was not all so concerned of the message. But as I was watching the video, it really hit home with me. It was about a girl who was brought up in a home with 2 parents that were drug addicts; legitimately shooting cocaine in their arm right in front of their kids. Liz who was one of the daughters, eventually became a homeless teenager sleeping on the streets after her mother had died from AIDS, and her father went to a homeless shelter. Liz did not go to school, work, or anything she lived her life day by day. Eventually she had a wake up call and decided she wanted to make something of her life, went back to high school earning her high school degree in 2 years, taking 10 courses at once. She did very well devoting all of her time to studying, she saw a scholarship being offered through New York Times and to make a long story short, she was given the scholarship. She then went to Harvard University that to her at one time was viewed as an untouchable place to obtain her education. I thought that this story was very inspiring to people who think they may have it bad, and really no matter how bad it is, it may be a stretch; but never impossible.