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Transform resilience and workplace culture with Liz Murray, Harvard graduate and homelessness-to-success keynote speaker. Liz equips organizations with actionable frameworks for overcoming adversity and fostering innovation through personal transformation. Emmy-nominated subject and Oprah's Chutzpah Award recipient featured in bestselling memoir Breaking Night.
Liz Murray transforms personal tragedy into triumph as a renowned speaker who shares her extraordinary journey from homelessness to Harvard, offering audiences powerful insights on resilience, possibility, and personal transformation. As the bestselling author of Breaking Night: My Journey from Homeless to Harvard and founder of The Arthur Project youth mentoring program, Liz's story has been featured in a Emmy-nominated Lifetime film and on major platforms including The Oprah Winfrey Show, where she received Oprah's first-ever Chutzpah Award. Liz helps organizations understand how adversity can become a catalyst for growth. Drawing from her experience as the child of drug-addicted parents who rose to graduate from Harvard, she demonstrates how seemingly insurmountable obstacles can be overcome through determination and a shift in perspective. Her presentations provide practical frameworks for building resilience within teams and fostering cultures where innovation thrives despite challenges. Audiences leave Liz's talks with actionable strategies for personal growth, a renewed appreciation for their own capacity to overcome obstacles, and practical tools to build meaningful connections across differences. Her authentic storytelling creates profound perspective shifts that inspire immediate action. Book Liz Murray when your organization needs a fundamental reimagining of what's possible in business and life.
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Liz Murray shares her inspiring journey of resilience, growing up with drug-addicted parents and becoming homeless at 15. After her mother's death, she transformed her life, completing high school in just two years while living on the streets of New York. Her determination led her to earn a full scholarship to Harvard University. Attendees will learn about overcoming adversity, the power of education, and how to pursue a brighter future despite challenging circumstances.
Liz Murray highlights the ongoing importance of Corporate Social Responsibility in enhancing community wellbeing. She emphasizes that employees are vital to these initiatives and often seek meaningful contributions beyond their jobs. Through her inspirational story, Liz encourages attendees to recognize their potential to impact others positively. Participants will leave feeling energized and motivated to embrace their roles as community leaders, ready to make a lasting difference in the lives of those around them.
Liz Murray's extraordinary journey from homelessness to Harvard demonstrates how adversity becomes opportunity, offering your team powerful frameworks for resilience and innovation that transform workplace challenges into catalysts for growth. Book this renowned speaker and bestselling author to provide your organization with actionable strategies that will fundamentally reimagine what's possible in business and life.
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Email liz.murray@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Liz's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
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Three to six months ahead is comfortable for most events, and 12 months is better for large conferences, peak-season dates or one specific in-demand speaker. Shorter timelines are workable, and PepTalk regularly fills last-minute and replacement bookings within days. Availability is the constraint, so get in touch as soon as you have a date.
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