Larissa Kondo

Larissa Kondo is an elementary school teacher, history enthusiast, and fourth-generation Japanese Canadian. Like Higa Matsugen, her grandfather was declared an ‘enemy alien’ and incarcerated in a prisoner of war camp during World War II. When Larissa remembers her grandfather, she sees much more than an internee. She imagines Matsugen’s family felt the same way.

• HIGA Matsugen