莉丝·默里(, )是一位美国励志演说家和回憶錄作家,聞名於在高中時期無家可歸,卻被哈佛大學錄取。她的人生故事被拍成了電視影片風雨哈佛路。她在2010年出版的回憶錄 (Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard )是紐約時報暢銷書榜,父母都是貧窮的瘾君子,後來二人都感染了愛滋病毒 。她從小就生活在骯髒不堪、被毒品包圍的環境。她常常餓肚子,只能吃冰塊來填飽肚子 。大約9歲的時候,她就開始在加油站和超市打工,賺錢買食物。1994年,在她11歲的時候,父母分手了,她的母親和姊姊麗莎搬去了她祖父的家。
剛過15歲後,莉絲就無家可歸了,因為她的母親在1998年死於愛滋病,而她的父親搬到了一個流浪者收容所。莉絲平均成績為95,以158名學生中的第一名畢業。 1999年3月,《紐約時報》的都市版頭版刊登了一篇介紹獎學金得主的故事。
為了照顾她生病的父亲,莉絲在2003年從哈佛大學转到哥伦比亚大学,於2009年6月獲得了心理學理學士學位。自2009年8月開始,莉絲在哈佛暑期學院上課,計畫獲得臨床心理學博士學位,成為諮商師。 她的姊姊麗莎畢業於紐約的,現在是自閉症兒童的老師。莉絲在2011年获得,她的自传被拍成电影《風雨哈佛路》。
著作
*《风雨哈佛路》,中信出版社,2011年1月,
参考来源
延伸阅读
- Lucy Ash, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2011/02/110207_homeless_harvard_liz_murray.shtml 'From Homeless to Harvard'] , BBC World Service, February 8, 2011.
- Meg Hagerty, [http://www.poststar.com/lifestyles/article_3c39d780-f648-5aee-95b2-ea73b954be9f.html 'Homeless to Harvard' subject to speak at local benefit] , PostStar.com (Glens Falls, NY), August 3, 2009.
- Ron Sanders, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090322043746/http://wbztv.com/local/worcester/homeless.to.harvard.2.963417.html Homeless To Harvard Story Inspires Worcester Tech], WBZ (Boston, MA CBS Affiliate), March 19, 2009.
- Kathleen McFadden, [https://web.archive.org/web/20081014143756/http://www.highcountrypress.com/weekly/2008/06-12-08/liz_murray.htm Liz Murray Encourages High Country Women To Pay It Forward], High Country Press (Boone, NC), June 12, 2008.
- Leah Beth Ward, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080829192232/http://www.yakimaheraldrepublic.com/stories/3884 Advocates Hear Story of a Life Turned Around], Yakima Herald-Republic, May 8, 2008.
Nancy Arcayna, [http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/03/28/features/story02.html Her story tells of triumph over greatest odds] , Honolulu Star-Bulletin*, March 28, 2006.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060705212139/http://www.wnbc.com/news/2111228/detail.html Liz Murray On Movie About Her Life, Plans For Future], interview with Gabe Pressman, WNBC, April 13, 2003.
- Emily Eakin, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E2D91238F934A35757C0A9659C8B63 TELEVISION REVIEW; A Girl on the Street Finds a Path to the Ivy League] , The New York Times, April 7, 2003.
- Al Siebert, [http://www.thrivenet.com/stories/stories00/stry0006.shtml From Homeless to Harvard - Liz Murray's Story] , THRIVEnet Story of the Month, June 2000.
"[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Liz%27s+Story.-a059448903 Liz's Story] ", New York Times Upfront*, January 31, 2000....
- 風雨哈佛路 (2003), Lifetime製作的電視影片
外部链接
*Official Website
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[http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Liz_Murray_FF_06 Perseverance*] , a short film produced by Anson Schloat and John G. Young, 2006.
*[https://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=15641 Ubben Lecture at DePauw University; April 6, 2005]
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