导读:Liz Murray,影片《风雨哈佛路》的主人公在真实生活中的原型。生于贫困窟,却渴望知识,17岁开始用2年的时光学完高中4年课程,获得1996年纽约时报一等奖学金,进入哈佛学习。看了这么多,你一定很好奇她是什么样的人物,拥有着怎样的心态,我们赶快来欣赏一下Liz的励志演讲吧。 EN: Murray was born in the Bronx, New York, to poor, drug
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