- Attended high school at Junipero Serra High in San Mateo, CA, the alma mater of NFL stars and Super Bowl MVP's Tom Brady and Lynn Swann.
- VJ is the gypsy character seen walking on his hands in The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" video, directed by Bill Fishman.
- Raced motocross in Northern California in his youth.
- Has performed in three AMPAS Best Picture nominated films (The Shawshank Redemption, The Insider, Million Dollar Baby) and one AMPAS Best Picture Winner (Million Dollar Baby).
- VJ is a Teaching Artist with The Actors' Gang Prison Project which engages with incarcerated adults in 14 CA State Prisons using theater techniques and improvisational character portrayal to help reinvigorate emotional balance and a renewed sense of self.
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