Mr. V. is a science teacher at Hopedale Jr/Sr High School who is passionate about his hobby of "reefing" (having a salt water reef aquarium).  His involvement in the community and classroom has inspired him to create an Oceanography Elective and start saltwater reef aquariums in the classroom.  He has been reefing for the past 4 years and has learned many things about the industry and trade that caused him to want to create a sustainable coral propagation project here at Hopedale.