About Michael

As an engineer, Michael has dedicated his life to solving problems. Rather than only addressing problems' symptoms, he looks to understand the causes and address how to solve them.

Michael will bring problem solving focus to Congress to resolve big problems like:

  • Reducing the threat of wildfires,

  • Increasing access to affordable healthcare,

  • Investing in education for kids and young adults that prepares them for meaningful careers, and

  • Ensuring everyone has an opportunity to find a job that pays a living wage

Michael is here to work for the people of the 5th District.

Michael and Brittany live in District 5 raising a 4 year old son and a 2 year old daughter who are the joy of their lives. Like you Michael wants to ensure children have a bright future and a path to success.

In Congress, Masuda will fight to ensure the tax dollars we are already paying come back to the 5th district so we can invest in our communities to build a brighter future for everyone.

“The issues we are facing in District 5 are not ‘Red or Blue’ they are Wildfires, Affordability, Housing, Healthcare and Jobs. We have to start investing in our communities by having an advocate in D.C. fighting to bring our tax dollars back to the 5th District.”

Michael grew up in Amador County, spending his formative years in the back roads of Amador County with his parents, two brothers, two cousins, their dog, and Grandma Masuda who lived next door. 

Michael attended Sutter Creek Elementary, Ione Junior High, and Amador High School where he played basketball and baseball.  During the summers in high school, Michael worked delivering ice cream for the Amador Creamery to stores throughout Amador, Calaveras, and Tuolumne Counties. 

In 2007,  Michael left for Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo to pursue an electrical engineering degree.  From there he worked as an engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where he helped develop technology that keeps American soldiers safe and ensures the U.S. military remains the most capable in the world. 

In 2021, he was selected for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship and joined the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Affairs Officer. Michaels time at the State Department gave him the skills and understanding of how things are accomplished at the national level, which makes him a perfect fit to be your next Congressional Representative.

Michaels parents are Air Force veterans who maintained F-15 fighter jets at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico before settling in Green Bay, then finally in Amador County.

Michael's paternal grandparents were Japanese Americans who lived in San Francisco before being forcibly relocated to Topaz Internment Camp in Utah during World War II. After the war, they eventually settled in Amador County in the early 1970's.

On his mother's side, Michael is a descendant of German and Polish Americans living in Northern Wisconsin. Michael has fond memories learning to fish at his grandparents’ home on a small lake and swinging from the rope swing in the barn at the family farm.

Michael’s values are rooted in Amador County and his 15 year relationship with Brittany.

Growing up in small town Amador County, he learned the importance of serving your community and looking out for your neighbors.  His parents instilled the importance of hard work in him throughout his youth, lessons that he carries forward to this day.

Michael is committed to bringing the voices of all residents in District 5 to D.C. - No matter Red or Blue, Michael will go to work for YOU!