In 2007, she stumbled across the Keep Walking program, winning a fellowship that allowed her to begin realizing her dream. She decided to quit her job and travel all of Taiwan to interview and record the life stories of hearing-impaired senior citizens born during the Japanese era.
2007 年意外得知並入選「Keep Walking 夢想資助計畫」，讓林亞秀啟動實踐人生大夢的引擎，她決定辭去工作，全台奔走，針對六、七十歲在光復前出生的聽障人進行田野調查，紀錄他們的生活圖像與歷史軌跡。