Taylor Anderson brightened so many young lives during her time as an assistant language teacher with the
@JETProgram in the coastal city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture. For any parent, the loss of a child leaves a pain and grief like no other. As Japan prepares to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Tohoku disaster on March 11, 2011, I felt privileged to meet Taylor’s father, Andy, and her sister, Julz, and hear about Taylor’s life, her love of Japan, and the legacy the Anderson family has created in Taylor’s name in the city she called home.
ALT Julz and Andy Anderson meeting with Ambassador Glass and Ambassador Fujisaki
ALT Ambassador Glass gives Julz a coin