This week I was uanble to volunteer because of a continuing illness. In my at home travels I stumbled on an interesting movie about a young woman named Liz Murray. This is a true story. Liz was born to drug addicted parents who neglected her and her sister. They also lived in squalor. Eventually she had to drop out of school and became  homeless at the age of 15 on the streets of New York City. While still living on the streets she returned to high school at age 17. She was admitted into a gifted program and graduated number one in the class while still being homeless and working a nightime part-time job. She graduated within 2 years and received a full scholarship to Harvard despite all the odds against her. Liz also had a great sense of family and nursed her mother during her fight with HIV for which she lost. The film is called Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. There is so much more to this story. Today she lives in NYC and brings her message to help empower other teens. She has also been involved in opening a charter high school for homeless teens in NYC called the Broome Street Academy. I am providing the web link to read about this amazing young woman and the academy. It is http://manifestliving.com/ Hope some will travel through website and see what can be accomplished despite the odds.