Please I need Help on this Assignment, "Rags-to-Riches" ring a bell?

okay...
here it goes..
i have an assignment to
Create a fairy tale of your own, with rags-to-riches plot line, in a modern setting.

i really want to create something different
other than poor orphan marry a prince and turn rich
or win a lottery ticket

can u please offer any ideas
in the characters
basically rags to riches if poor to rich