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In Maine, a high-school drop out and mother of two has been awarded a $25,000 Doctors for Maine's Future scholarship for the study of medicine.
Tobin Carson, now age 32, has been working as a research technician at Lohmann Animal Health in Winslow. She is one of four people in Maine who qualified for the grant as a first-year medical student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. This is a renewable scholarship, which means that she will be receiving $25,00 per year for the next four years.
This scholarship was established in July of this year to provide a tuition subsidy for eligible students who enter qualifying Maine-based medical school programs. The scholarships aim to address Maine's acute shortage of primary care physicians and the high cost of medical education.
In an address in May on national grants for biomedical research, the governor mentioned Tobin Carson by name.
"At age 15, she announced her dream of going to medical school," Baldacci said. "Unfortunately, she was discouraged from pursuing that dream, being told, 'People like you don't go to places like that.' Not long after that, Tobin quit high school, feeling that it wasn't doing her any good. But she never stopped learning and her desire to go to medical school never faded. After her children were born, she got her GED certificate and enrolled in the University of Maine at Farmington full time as a biology major, graduating at age 28.
Stories like this go to show everyone that anything is possible. Even if you dropped out of school at age 15 like this mother, you can still go back and change your life. But it is up to you and you must be committed to your decision.
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