upwardly mobile

noun

1. See under vertical mobility(def 1).

adjective

1. (of a person or social group) moving or aspiring to move to a higher social class or to a position of increased status or power

noun

1. sociol the movement of an individual, social group, or class to a position of increased status or powerCompare downward mobility See also horizontal mobility, vertical mobility

Rising from a lower to a higher social class or status. (See also social mobility.)