'Homeless to Harvard' type of stories. Does anyone know one?

Here is one: Not quite top 10, but impressive nonetheless, homeless to Georgetown: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/anacostia-high-school-valedictorian-saysshe-is-ready-to-get-on-with-everything/2014/06/11/c76bdcc8-f1be-11e3-9ebc-2ee6f81ed217_story.html