Hi, my name is Alex Reiten, I’m 20 years old, and I’m a sophomore majoring in Fisheries Science at VCSU. I grew up on a farm near Valley City, and graduated from Litchville-Marion High School with a class of 9. In my free time I enjoy practicing martial arts, working on engines, and being outside. I’ve loved the outdoors and specifically fishing for as long as I can remember. I’ve lived in the upper Midwest my entire life and have never been to Texas or done any work in the ocean, so it will be interesting to see something completely new and foreign to me. I’m excited to take the field trip to Texas because it would be a great opportunity to get hands on experience with fishes and macro-invertebrates that I might otherwise never see.