StoryCorps: Masahiro Ishigami

38-year-old Masahiro “Masa” Ishigami  is a physics professor who was born in Philadelphia, but lived in Japan until he was fourteen. However, when it came time to enroll in high school, he decided to come to the United States to study. In the StoryCorps booth, Masa told his wife, Song Seto, about what influenced this decision.

Broadcast version of the story that originally aired on May 20th, 2014.

This story was recorded in partnership with the Atlanta History Center, which hosts Atlanta’s StoryCorps booth.