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Lexie Boezeman Cataldo


Lexie Boezeman Cataldo is presently living in Thousand Oaks, California as a photographer. Lexie spent over 25 years in Asia, 18 years of which was in Japan. Her passion for animals and nature has her volunteering in animal rescue and photographing animals to help them find their forever homes. She is the proud mother of two beautiful girls and three demanding cats.

Updated March 2021


Stories from This Author

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
Tenth Anniversary of Japan’s Tsunami Disaster – A Visual Story of Animal Rescue

March 5, 2021 • Lexie Boezeman Cataldo

We are fast approaching the tenth anniversary of the horrific earthquake and tsunami disaster that was unleased upon Japan on March 11, 2011. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan created a tsunami that flattened a 200-mile stretch (518 km) of coastline, and traveled in some areas as far as six miles inland. The tsunami then caused a triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima. The fury of mother nature that killed over 18,000 people must …

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