Eliza Doyon of Biddeford seems to be headed toward a very bright future. The 2025 BHS grad is a high achiever: a straight-A student and a very competitive field hockey player.
This fall, Doyon will be attending Saint Anslem College to study nursing and continue playing field hockey.
Like all college-bound seniors, Doyon and her parents are facing significant tuition costs.
Trisha Doyon, Eliza’s mother, estimates that each year of college will cost her daughter roughly $70,000.
Fortunately, because of Eliza’s outstanding academic performance at Biddeford High School, she has been able to secure several scholarships, including one from FedPoint, a wholly-owned subsidiary of John Hancock Life & Health Insurance company.
In fact, Doyon was one of only four students from throughout New England who was chosen from a field of nearly 120 applicants for that particular scholarship.
“She’s worked very hard,
— Trisha Doyon
and her good grades are really
paying off.”
Eliza said she hopes to become a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse while working her way toward becoming a nurse anesthesiologist.
“I like the idea of providing direct care for babies that need extra help,” she said.
During the latter part of her high school career, Eliza took medical sciences classes and a CNA course at the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology.
This summer, before heading off to college, Eliza will be working as a CNA at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough.
“We are proud of her,” Trisha Doyon said of her daughter. “She’s worked very hard, and her good grades are really paying off.”
Eliza is also looking forward to playing field hockey at Saint Anslem, an opportunity that she says will give her a chance to make some new friends well before the start of classes in the fall.
“I’m a little bit nervous,” Eliza said during a recent interview. “But I’m also looking forward to what’s next.”
Eliza said her 14-year-old brother Evan often likes to tease her. “But I think deep down, he’s going to miss me when I leave,” she laughed.
Randy Seaver is the editor and founder of the Biddeford Gazette. He may be contacted by email: randy@randyseaver.com
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