Coming to Louisville! Liz Murray Her remarkable story was made into a Lifetime TV movie, Homeless to Harvard. Murray was born in the Bronx to poor, drug-addicted, HIV-infected parents. She became homeless at 15 when her mother died of AIDS; she lived on the streets, riding the subway all night, and eating from dumpsters. Determined to take charge of her life, Liz finished high school in just two years while camping out in New York City parks and subway stations.