Taylor was a JET teacher, an English language assistant teacher in Ishinomaki Japan in March of last year. When the earthquake struck, she helped to evacuate the children from her school to higher ground in anticipation of a tsunami. Once the kids were safe, Taylor realized that she had forgotten her cell phone at home and had no way to call her family. A teacher said, “the tsunami is coming” and Taylor nodded in acknowledgement but because a previous tsunami had only been a few inches high, she took off on her bike. A 30 meter high wave engulfed Ishinomaki and Taylor never made it. This film is a testament to her life in Ishinomaki and the children she taught. It is also a testament to all the JET teachers of Tohoku who faced and met the challenges created by this unprecedented disaster. We have chosen the online site Kickstarter.com to raise funds to make the film. The campaign will last until April 21st and in less than one week, I am pleased to say we have raised almost 1/2 of our goal. The one year anniversary of the tragedy and anticipation for the launch of the Kickstarter inspired many pledges but we still have an ambitious goal of $18,000 to reach. We remain optimistic but I need your help. Please consider making a pledge and spreading the word about the film. If each person who pledges now gets two people to match their pledge, we will achieve the goal before the due date. Obviously we want to reach this goal and exceed it, which has been the case for most successful Kickstarter campaigns but because Kickstarter is an "all or nothing" plan, so we have to reach our goal in order to receive any of the pledged funding. Cut and paste, or click the following link in your web browser to learn more:   http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/675402675/live-your-dream-the-taylor-anderson-story?ref=search