Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

7.3

2003

104 mins

DramaTV Movie

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

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