Sasan Nakhshab is a native of Iran who came to U.S in 1967 to continue his higher education. He is a Civil Engineer by trade and currently practices engineering in Southern California. Music and literature have been his life long passion. Since early 1990’s he has been writing songs using poetry of Iranian great poets Rumi, Hafez, and Shamloo, a practice which shall keep him very busy through his retirement years as well as satisfying the search for his roots.